ascend
verb/əˈsend/
/əˈsend/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ascend | /əˈsend/ /əˈsend/ |
| he / she / it ascends | /əˈsendz/ /əˈsendz/ |
| past simple ascended | /əˈsendɪd/ /əˈsendɪd/ |
| past participle ascended | /əˈsendɪd/ /əˈsendɪd/ |
| -ing form ascending | /əˈsendɪŋ/ /əˈsendɪŋ/ |
- to rise; to go up; to climb up
- The path started to ascend more steeply.
- The air became colder as we ascended.
- The results, ranked in ascending order (= from the lowest to the highest) are as follows:
- Practise your scales ascending and descending.
- The road ascends steeply from the harbour.
- ascend from something Mist ascended from the valley.
- ascend to something (figurative) He ascended to the peak of sporting achievement.
- ascend something Her heart was thumping as she ascended the stairs.
- (figurative) to ascend the throne (= become king or queen)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- steeply
- quickly
- …
- from
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin ascendere, from ad- ‘to’ + scandere ‘to climb’.Want to learn more?
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