| VERB | motion | ascend, go up | travel up, "We ascended the mountain" |
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| stative | ascend | go back in order of genealogical succession | |
| social | ascend | become king or queen | |
| motion | ascend, climb up | appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils | |
| motion | ascend | go along towards (a river's) source | |
| motion | ascend | slope upwards | |
| motion | ascend, rise, come up, uprise | come up, of celestial bodies | |
| motion | ascend, move up, rise | move to a better position in life or to a better job |
| Sounds | ahseh'nd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | amend ... wend: 48 rhymes with ehnd... | |
| Meaning | Travel up, "We ascended the mountain". | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The airplane is sure to ascend | |
| Example | "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" | |
| Synonym | go up | |
| Narrower | surface, come up, rise up, rise | Come to the surface |
| uprise | Ascend as a sound | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Opposite | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Adjectives | ascendable | capable of being ascended |
| ascendant, ascensive | tending or directed upward | |
| Nouns | ascender | someone who ascends |
| ascent, ascension | the act of changing location in an upward direction | |
| ascent, ascension | a movement upward | |
| Meaning | go back in order of genealogical succession. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "Inheritance may not ascend linearly" | |
| Broader | go back, date back, date from | belong to an earlier time |
| Meaning | Become king or queen. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "She ascended to the throne after the King's death" | |
| Broader | accede, enter | take on duties or office |
| Nouns | ascendancy | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
| Meaning | Appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | climb up | |
| Spanish | ascender, subir | |
| Catalan | ascendir | |
| Meaning | go along towards (a river's) source. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The boat ascended the Delaware" | |
| Broader | follow, travel along | travel along a certain course |
| Meaning | slope upwards. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The path ascended to the top of the hill" | |
| Broader | slope, incline, pitch | Be at an angle |
| Spanish | ascender | |
| Adjectives | ascendant, ascendent, ascensive | tending or directed upward |
| Nouns | ascender | a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters |
| ascent | an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | |
| Meaning | come up, of celestial bodies. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "Jupiter ascends" | |
| Synonyms | rise, come up, uprise | |
| Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
| Broader | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
| Opposite | set, go down, go under | disappear beyond the horizon |
| Spanish | aparecer, ascender, elevarse, nacer, salir, subir | |
| Catalan | ascendir, néixer | |
| Adjectives | ascendent | tending or directed upward |
| Nouns | ascension | (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon |
| Meaning | Move to a better position in life or to a better job. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great | |
| Synonyms | move up, rise | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
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