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ascend
[uh-send]
verb (used without object)
to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise.
The airplane ascended into the clouds.
Synonyms: soarAntonyms: descendto slant upward.
to rise to a higher point, rank, or degree; proceed from an inferior to a superior degree or level.
to ascend to the presidency.
to go toward the source or beginning; go back in time.
Music., to rise in pitch; pass from any tone to a higher one.
verb (used with object)
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount.
to ascend a lookout tower;
to ascend stairs.
Antonyms: descendto gain or succeed to; acquire.
to ascend the throne.
ascend
/ əˈsɛnd /
verb
to go or move up (a ladder, hill, slope, etc); mount; climb
(intr) to slope or incline upwards
(intr) to rise to a higher point, level, degree, etc
to follow (a river) upstream towards its source
to trace (a genealogy, etc) back in time
to sing or play (a scale, arpeggio, etc) from the lower to higher notes
to become king or queen
Other Word Forms
- ascendable adjective
- ascendible adjective
- reascend verb
- unascendable adjective
- unascended adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ascend1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
On a Saturday evening in 1838, a young Illinois state legislator ascended the pulpit of his hometown Baptist church to deliver a lecture before the Springfield Young Men’s Lyceum.
A recent YouGov poll asked, “If the Rapture were to occur tonight, do you think you would be more likely to ascend to heaven or to be left behind?”
This prolonged battle has formed a bullish ascending triangle, often a precursor to powerful upside moves.
To give a young ascending front an experienced player.
They dined at the property with Queen Camilla and King Charles III before he ascended to the throne.
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