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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024as•cend /əˈsɛnd/USA pronunciation v. - to move, climb, or go upward (upon or along);
mount: [no object]The elevator ascended to the penthouse.[~ + object]She ascended the stairs gracefully. - to rise to a higher point, rank, degree, etc.:[no object]ascended rapidly in the company hierarchy.
- ascend the throne, to become a king or queen.
See -scend-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024as•cend (ə send′),USA pronunciation v.i. - to move, climb, or go upward;
mount; rise:The airplane ascended into the clouds. - to slant upward.
- to rise to a higher point, rank, or degree;
proceed from an inferior to a superior degree or level:to ascend to the presidency. - to go toward the source or beginning;
go back in time. - Music and Danceto rise in pitch;
pass from any tone to a higher one. v.t. - to go or move upward upon or along;
climb; mount:to ascend a lookout tower; to ascend stairs. - to gain or succeed to;
acquire:to ascend the throne.
- Latin ascendere to climb up, equivalent. to a- a-5 + -scendere, combining form of scandere to climb. See scan
- Anglo-French ascendre
- Middle English ascenden 1350–1400
as•cend′a•ble, as•cend′i•ble, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged soar.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See climb.
- 1, 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged descend.
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