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Ascend has 9 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

travel up

"We ascended the mountain"

"go up a ladder"

"The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"

2

go back in order of genealogical succession

"Inheritance may not ascend linearly"

3

become king or queen

"She ascended to the throne after the King's death"

4

appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils

"the vine climbed up the side of the house"

5

go along towards (a river's) source

"The boat ascended the Delaware"

6

slope upwards

"The path ascended to the top of the hill"

7

come up, of celestial bodies

"The sun also rises"

"The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."

"Jupiter ascends"

8

move to a better position in life or to a better job

"She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown"

9

To move upward, to fly, to soar.

"The eagle began to ascend into the clouds as a thermal current caught its wings."

Example Sentences
"We ascended the mountain" verb
"go up a ladder" verb
"The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" verb
"Inheritance may not ascend linearly" verb
"She ascended to the throne after the King's death" verb
"the vine climbed up the side of the house" verb
"The boat ascended the Delaware" verb
"The path ascended to the top of the hill" verb
"The sun also rises" verb
"The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..." verb
See Also
climb salter unascended highering catanadromous rawinsonde penrose staircase ascension
Related Terms
Antonyms
fall go down
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
travel go back accede follow slope rise change
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
surface uprise
Rhyming Words
end bend hend vend lend pend send tend zend wend mend fend rend emend 3 end trend piend fiend shend anend
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