ascend

  • 11ascend — [[t]əse̱nd[/t]] ascends, ascending, ascended 1) VERB If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it. [WRITTEN] [V n] Mrs Clayton had to hold Lizzie s hand as they ascended the steps... [V prep/adv] Then we ascend steeply through forests of… …

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  • 12ascend — ascendable, ascendible, adj. /euh send /, v.i. 1. to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds. 2. to slant upward. 3. to rise to a higher point, rank, or degree; proceed from an inferior to a superior degree… …

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  • 13ascend — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ascendere, from ad + scandere to climb more at scan Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to move upward < the balloon ascended > b. to slope upward …

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  • 14ascend — as|cend [əˈsend] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: ascendere, from ad to + scandere to climb ] 1.) [i]formal to move up through the air ≠ ↑descend ▪ The plane ascended rapidly. 2.) [T] written …

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  • 15ascend */ — UK [əˈsend] / US verb Word forms ascend : present tense I/you/we/they ascend he/she/it ascends present participle ascending past tense ascended past participle ascended formal 1) [transitive] to climb a mountain, stairs etc They began slowly&#8230; …

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  • 16ascend — /əˈsɛnd / (say uh send) verb (i) 1. to climb or go upwards; mount; rise. 2. to rise to a higher point or degree; proceed from an inferior to a superior degree or level. 3. to go towards the source or beginning; go back in time. 4. Music to rise&#8230; …

  • 17ascend — as·cend ə send vi to move upward: as a) to conduct nerve impulses toward or to the brain &LT;nerve fibers that ascend to a nucleus of the brain&GT; &LT;ascending and descending tracts&GT; b) to affect the extremities and esp. the lower limbs&#8230; …

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  • 18ascend — verb ADVERB ▪ gently ▪ steeply ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ slowly PREPOSITION ▪ …

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  • 19ascend to — phr verb Ascend to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑heaven …

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  • 20ascend — as|cend [ ə send ] verb FORMAL * 1. ) transitive to climb a mountain, stairs, etc.: They began slowly ascending the rock face. a ) intransitive to rise into the air: We watched as the airplane ascended. b ) intransitive if a road, path, or set of …

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