ascend

«ascend» in Mova's school dictionary: to go up, to climb or rise: "the balloon ascended into… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (ascend, ascends, ascended, ascending)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To ascend means to go up, to climb or rise: "the balloon ascended into the sky". tree →

2) To ascend the throne means to become king or queen. tree →

3) In ascending order means arranged from the smallest to the largest. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, "put these numbers in ascending order" means from smallest to largest: 3, 7, 12, 20. In science and geography, climbers ascend mountains and air pressure falls as you ascend. In formal and exam language, ascend replaces "go up". Phrases: ascending order, ascend a mountain, ascend the stairs, ascend the throne.

examples

• Write the numbers in ascending order: 2, 5, 9, 14. tree →
• The climbers ascended the mountain slowly. tree →
• The lift ascended to the top floor. tree →
• The hot-air balloon ascended into the clouds. tree →
• The prince ascended the throne when the old king died. tree →
• Sort the heights in ascending order. tree →
• The path ascends steeply to the castle. tree →
• She was also going to ascend the mountain. tree →

note

Opposite: descend (go down); descending order = largest to smallest. Noun: ascent (a climb) — do not confuse with "assent" (agreement) or "accent". Spelling: asc-, with sc.

In the corpora

• I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.'
• Who shall ascend into the mountain of the LORD? and who shall stand in His holy place?
• Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, the tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually.
• Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ascend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.