Ascend

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To go or move upward; rise. See Synonyms at rise.
  • verb-intransitive. To slope upward.
  • verb-intransitive. To rise from a lower level or station; advance: ascended from poverty to great wealth; ascend to the throne.
  • verb-intransitive. To go back in time or upward in genealogical succession.
  • v. To move upward upon or along; climb: ascended the mountain.
  • v. To succeed to; occupy: ascended the throne upon the death of her father.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To move upward, to fly, to soar.
  • v. To slope in an upward direction.
  • v. To go up.
  • v. To succeed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.
  • verb-intransitive. To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.
  • v. To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To move upward; mount; go up; rise, whether in air or water, or upon a material object.
  • To rise, in a figurative sense; proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, etc.
  • To slope upward.
  • To go backward in the order of time; proceed from modern to ancient times: as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.
  • To rise, as a star; appear above the horizon.
  • In music, to rise in pitch; pass from any tone to one more acute.
  • To go or move upward upon; climb: as, to ascend a hill or ladder; to ascend a tree.
  • To move upward along; go toward the source of: as, to ascend a river. Synonyms
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. become king or queen
  • v. come up, of celestial bodies
  • v. go along towards (a river's) source
  • v. travel up,
  • v. go back in order of genealogical succession
  • v. slope upwards
  • v. move to a better position in life or to a better job
  • v. appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
  • Antonym
    descend   
    Verb Form
    ascendancy    ascended    ascending    ascends   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    enter    accede    arise    come up    go up    rise    uprise    lift    move up    travel along   
    Cross Reference
    rise    climb    slope   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scale    climb    tower    mount    rise    soar    reascend    clamber    top   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    End    Friend    Mende    Wend    abend    amend    append    apprehend    attend    backend   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts