Ascend
verb
To move upward, go up, or go towards the top.
We began to ascend the mountain at dawn.
verb
To increase in amount, value, or importance.
The price of fuel continues to ascend.
verb
To move from a lower position or rank to a higher one.
After working hard for many years, she ascended to the position of CEO.
verb
In a religious context, to move up to heaven.
According to the Bible, Jesus ascended to Heaven after his resurrection.
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Religious
verb
In an aircraft or spacecraft, to go up into the air or into space.
The plane ascended into the clouds.
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Technical
verb
To move upward, go up, or go towards the top.
We began to ascend the mountain at dawn.
verb
To increase in amount, value, or importance.
The price of fuel continues to ascend.
verb
To move from a lower position or rank to a higher one.
After working hard for many years, she ascended to the position of CEO.
verb
In a religious context, to move up to heaven.
According to the Bible, Jesus ascended to Heaven after his resurrection.
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Religious
verb
In an aircraft or spacecraft, to go up into the air or into space.
The plane ascended into the clouds.
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Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Use 'ascend' for physical movement upwards, like climbing stairs or hills.
She began to ascend the staircase to reach the library.
Pro Tip 2/2Slow Progress
'Ascend' often implies a gradual or effortful progression, not a sudden movement.
The hikers took hours to ascend the steep path.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Use 'ascend' for physical movement upwards, like climbing stairs or hills.
She began to ascend the staircase to reach the library.
Pro Tip 2/2Slow Progress
'Ascend' often implies a gradual or effortful progression, not a sudden movement.
The hikers took hours to ascend the steep path.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Use 'ascend' for physical movement upwards, like climbing stairs or hills.
She began to ascend the staircase to reach the library.
Pro Tip 2/2Slow Progress
'Ascend' often implies a gradual or effortful progression, not a sudden movement.
The hikers took hours to ascend the steep path.
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Your elusive creative...
just an aging mortal with really bad knees and you know maybe he's never going to ascend to that height again and maybe nobody will ever chant God's name again as he spins and what is he then to do with the rest of his life this is hard this is one of the most painful reconciliations to make in a creative
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Let your eyes do the...
universities found that a participants judgement of the direction of moving dots on a screen could be disrupted by playing them ascending and descending musical scales and researchers in the Netherlands found that playing particularly happy or sad music to individuals could change their
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How centuries of sci-fi...
and having a vision of a spacecraft taking off from the valley below and ascending into the heavens. And he decided then and there that he would commit the rest of his life to the development of the spacecraft that he saw in his mind's eye. And he did exactly that.
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Your elusive creative...
He's just an aging mortal with really bad knees, and maybe he's never going to ascend to that height again. And maybe nobody will ever chant God's name again as he spins, and what is he then to do with the rest of his life? This is hard.
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The effects of...
or human lungs, will compress as they descend deeper and expand as they ascend. After a fish bites a fisherman's hook and is quickly reeled up to the surface, the air in its swim bladder begins to expand.
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The myth of Hades and...
But for the remainder, she would stay in the world of the dead. When Persephone ascended to Earth, she and her mother rejoiced. Together, they showered the fields with rain and nurtured them with sun.
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Spend a Day With the...
a day in the life for all geladas begins on the edges of the cliff in the morning they wake up with the sunrise and slowly ascend kind of to the edge of the high plateau they'll spend an hour or maybe
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How did clouds get their...
wrote a series of poems in praise of Howard's clouds, which ended with the memorable lines, "As clouds ascend, are folded, scatter, fall, Let the world think of thee who taught it all,"
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Chimp vs Human! PIPE Memory...
are hidden he must try to recall two to nine in ascending order it takes me ages to remember where they're all placed and
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Girl's Rite of Passage PIPE...
times to mark the four stages of life the fourth and final day brings - inna to the cusp of womanhood she ascends the
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Your elusive creative...
just an aging mortal with really bad knees and you know maybe he's never going to ascend to that height again and maybe nobody will ever chant God's name again as he spins and what is he then to do with the rest of his life this is hard this is one of the most painful reconciliations to make in a creative
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Let your eyes do the...
universities found that a participants judgement of the direction of moving dots on a screen could be disrupted by playing them ascending and descending musical scales and researchers in the Netherlands found that playing particularly happy or sad music to individuals could change their
Video examples
How centuries of sci-fi...
and having a vision of a spacecraft taking off from the valley below and ascending into the heavens. And he decided then and there that he would commit the rest of his life to the development of the spacecraft that he saw in his mind's eye. And he did exactly that.
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
He's just an aging mortal with really bad knees, and maybe he's never going to ascend to that height again. And maybe nobody will ever chant God's name again as he spins, and what is he then to do with the rest of his life? This is hard.
Video examples
The effects of...
or human lungs, will compress as they descend deeper and expand as they ascend. After a fish bites a fisherman's hook and is quickly reeled up to the surface, the air in its swim bladder begins to expand.
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The myth of Hades and...
But for the remainder, she would stay in the world of the dead. When Persephone ascended to Earth, she and her mother rejoiced. Together, they showered the fields with rain and nurtured them with sun.
Video examples
Spend a Day With the...
a day in the life for all geladas begins on the edges of the cliff in the morning they wake up with the sunrise and slowly ascend kind of to the edge of the high plateau they'll spend an hour or maybe
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How did clouds get their...
wrote a series of poems in praise of Howard's clouds, which ended with the memorable lines, "As clouds ascend, are folded, scatter, fall, Let the world think of thee who taught it all,"
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Chimp vs Human! PIPE Memory...
are hidden he must try to recall two to nine in ascending order it takes me ages to remember where they're all placed and
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Girl's Rite of Passage PIPE...
times to mark the four stages of life the fourth and final day brings - inna to the cusp of womanhood she ascends the
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Washington Irving
American Writer
Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster.
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Dean Potter
American Athlete
Free soloing is just the most natural way man can climb. It's just using your hands and feet without any use of protection or rope to ascend.
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Jay-Z
American Musician
I think it's very important for hip-hop, when an artist reaches a certain level, to ascend to executive work.
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Thiago Silva
Brazilian Athlete
When I do not play, I cannot ascend to the top level and, if I am only at 90 per cent, I cannot help my team.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.
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Michael Ball
English Actor
I have far ascended beyond every ambition my 16-year-old self ever had.
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Erich Fromm
American Psychologist
As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
American Poet
I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.
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Washington Irving
American Writer
Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster.
Quote examples
Dean Potter
American Athlete
Free soloing is just the most natural way man can climb. It's just using your hands and feet without any use of protection or rope to ascend.
Quote examples
Jay-Z
American Musician
I think it's very important for hip-hop, when an artist reaches a certain level, to ascend to executive work.
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Thiago Silva
Brazilian Athlete
When I do not play, I cannot ascend to the top level and, if I am only at 90 per cent, I cannot help my team.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.
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Michael Ball
English Actor
I have far ascended beyond every ambition my 16-year-old self ever had.
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Erich Fromm
American Psychologist
As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
American Poet
I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.
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