Ascend
/əˈsɛnd/
verbBeginnerCommonGeneral
Meaning
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1
To climb or go up; to rise.
/əˈsɛnd/
verbneutralBeginner
General
To move upward
The hot air balloon ascended gracefully into the sky.
💡 Simply: To go up
More Examples
2
The hikers ascended the steep mountain path.
How It's Used
Hiking
"We ascended the mountain trail."
Aviation
"The plane ascended to 30,000 feet."
From Latin *ascendere, from *ad- "to" + *scandere "to climb".
The word has been used in literary contexts since the 14th century, often to describe a spiritual or social rise.
Memory tip
Think of 'ascending' a staircase.
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