to ascend
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4.0
- verb
- /əˈsɛnd/
:
subir
- After passing the initial floors, the elevator will ascend to the rooftop garden.
- ascend the stairs
- ascend a staircase
- ascend and descend
And you know this because as you ascend a mountain, the air pressure drops.
- And you know this because as you ascend a mountain, the air pressure drops.
- Mortals here ascend the stairs to the heavens to see the face of God.
- The book of Acts starts, you know, Jesus, he ascends up to heaven.
- And they were these entities who would come out of luminous objects that would ascend and descend into the heavens.
- And that was like, you know, before you even start actually ascending this incredible mountain.
- G down to C is a perfect fifth descending, G up to C is a perfect fourth ascending, and vice versa, right?
- The slower you can ascend, the better chance your body will have of acclimatising basically.
- They pass and ascend up some tracks in our brain up into the thalamus.
Examples
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Each of the seven classes is designed to represent an ascending level of physical ability.
Academic text (1990) -
From our window, we watch Gillian, unhurried, unperturbed, ascend the steps to the bus.
Fiction book (1990) -
The moon continues to ascend up and up and out of view.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's a ladder, you know, used to ascend a tree.
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Well, a few minutes later, they looked and they saw the craft rise, ascend up to a few thousand feet.
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There were these columns that apparently served to no purpose, which I had ascended with great grace and skill.
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Steadying herself against the wall, she ascended the narrow flight to Carrie's bedroom.
Fiction book (1993) -
But his hands grope for her, missing her heels by inches as she ascends the stairs.
Fiction book (1990) -
The three largest mounds, with modern wood steps ascending their steep slopes, emerge from the grassy plain.
Academic text (2008) -
It feels as though we have ascended a medieval stone fortress... towering above the center of Asla.
Synonyms
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1.0
Move up using your hands and feet, for example on rocks
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1.0
To move upward into the air, like smoke or mist
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2.2
To move from below to a higher place, like a diver rising to the surface
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1.0
To move to a higher position
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3.6
To increase or grow over time
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2.0
Go to a higher place or level
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1.6
To rise to a higher position, for example at work or on music charts
Move upward, as mist or smoke does
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Etymology
Ascend comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and scandere 'to climb'. Think of climbing stairs or a hot air balloon rising, so to ascend is to move or go 'up' to a higher place.