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ascend
- /əˈsɛnd/
Rhymes with -ɛnd
Where it comes from
From Middle English ascenden, borrowed from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascendō (“to go up, climb up to”), from ad (“to”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan. Unrelated to accede other than common ad prefix.
verb ascends · ascending · ascended
- 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 a ruler on (the throne). 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.
- To cease being an incel, generally by losing one's virginity and engaging in sexual intercourse, or by forming a romantic relationship. Instead of using sexual conquest as an opportunity to “ascend,” these members advocated for pursuing internal self-improvement.
Opposite: descend
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: go up, climb, rise, entrain, escalate, raise, get, scale, ride, rebel, mount, soar, tower, surge, upraise, upsurge
verb
Opposite: descend
Translations
Every language
verb to fly, to soar
| Español | ascender |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 올라가다 ollagada, 비상하다 bisanghada |
| 日本語 | 登る noboru |
| 中文 | 登 dēng |
| हिन्दी | चढ़ना caṛhnā |
| Kiswahili | kupanda |
| Português | ascender, subir |
| Français | monter |
| Deutsch | steigen, aufsteigen |
| Italiano | salire |
| Ελληνικά | ανεβαίνω anevaíno |
| Română | înălța, urca |
| Русский | поднима́ться podnimátʹsja, всходи́ть vsxodítʹ, взбира́ться vzbirátʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | lên |
| עברית | עלה alá |
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title = {ascend},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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