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English verb: ascend | |||
| 1. | ascend (motion) travel up, | ||
| Samples | We ascended the mountain. Go up a ladder. The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope. | ||
| Examples | The airplane is sure to ascend | ||
| Synonyms | go up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | come up, rise, rise up, surface, uprise | ||
| Antonyms | come down, descend, go down, fall | ||
| 2. | ascend (stative) go back in order of genealogical succession | ||
| Samples | Inheritance may not ascend linearly. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | date back, date from, go back | ||
| 3. | ascend (social) become king or queen | ||
| Samples | She ascended to the throne after the King's death. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accede, enter | ||
| 4. | ascend (motion) appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils | ||
| Samples | The vine climbed up the side of the house. | ||
| Synonyms | climb up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| 5. | ascend (motion) go along towards (a river's) source | ||
| Samples | The boat ascended the Delaware. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | follow, travel along | ||
| 6. | ascend (motion) slope upwards | ||
| Samples | The path ascended to the top of the hill. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | incline, pitch, slope | ||
| 7. | ascend (motion) come up, of celestial bodies | ||
| Samples | The sun also rises. The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled.... Jupiter ascends. | ||
| Synonyms | come up, rise, uprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise | ||
| Domain category | astronomy, uranology | ||
| Antonyms | go under, go down, set | ||
| 8. | ascend (motion) move to a better position in life or to a better job | ||
| Samples | She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great. | ||
| Synonyms | move up, rise | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
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