ascend
Meaning of ascend
verb
- To move upward, to fly, to soar.
He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
- To slope in an upward direction.
- To go up.
You ascend the stairs and take a right.
- To succeed.
She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
- To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
- To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.
- To become higher in pitch.
Information about ascend
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of ascend is: ascends.
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Hyphenation of ascend
as-cend
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- ascend is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ascend synonyms
Meaning rise:
ascend antonyms
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Translation of ascend
- German: steigen, aufsteigen, emporsteigen
- French: monter, ascendre, gravir
- Spanish: subir, montar, ascender
- Italian: salire, ascendere, assurgere, elevarsi
- Portuguese: ascender
Anagrams of ascend
Words that rhyme with ascend
accend, incend, coercend, coascend, condescend, descend, predescend, reascend, redescend, scend, transcend
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