Meaning

8 senses
  1. (intransitive)To move upward, to fly, to soar.

    He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.

    steigen, aufsteigen

    поднима́тьсяpodnimátʹsja, всходи́тьvsxodítʹ, взбира́тьсяvzbirátʹsja

  2. (intransitive)To slope in an upward direction.

    slope upwards

  3. (transitive)To go up.

    You ascend the stairs and take a right.

    підніма́тисяpidnimátysja, підійма́тисяpidijmátysja, підня́тисяpidnjátysja

  4. (ambitransitive)To succeed a ruler on (the throne).

    She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.

    She ascended to the throne when her mother abdicated.

  5. (figuratively, intransitive)To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.

  6. To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).

    Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

  7. (transitive)To become higher in pitch.

    become king or queen

  8. To cease being an incel, generally by losing one's virginity and engaging in sexual intercourse, or by forming a romantic relationship.

Examples

37 sentences
  1. The airplane ascended to four thousand feet.

    ruСамолёт поднялся до высоты четыре тысячи футов.

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  2. The smoke ascended into the air.

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  3. The path ascends steeply from there.

    deDer Pfad steigt von dort ab steil an.

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  4. The road ascends to the village.

    ruДорога поднимается к деревне.

    deDie Straße führt zum Dorf hinauf.

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  5. He rapidly ascended to the top.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to go up:
Русский
By meaning 1
to fly, to soar:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to fly, to soar:

Origin

From Middle English ascenden, borrowed from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascendō (“to g

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.

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Forms

ascends, ascending, ascended, ascended
Base formascend · to ascend
3rd person singularascends
Present participleascending
Past simpleascended
Past participleascended

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyascend
he, she, itascends

Past simpleLesson

all personsascended

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ascended
he, she, ithas ascended

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ascend

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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