ascendverb
uk/əˈsend/us/əˈsend/formalascend verb (GO UP)
[ I or T ] to move up or climb something:
They slowly ascended the steep path up the mountain.
There's a long flight of steps ascending (= leading up) to the cathedral doors.
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Moving upwards
- arise
- ascent
- be on an upward/downward trajectory idiom
- bristle
- clamber
- climb
- come
- come up
- descent
- heave
- levitate
- pull
- rear
- rise
- scale
- scramble
- shinny
- soar
- take off
- trajectory
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ascend verb (HIGHER POSITION)
[ I ] to rise to a position of higher rank:
He eventually ascended to the position of chief executive.
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Promoting staff
- aggrandizement
- career-limiting
- demote
- depute
- downgrade
- fast track
- free transfer
- handover
- in the wilderness idiom
- install
- kick
- rank
- relegate
- second 1
- subordination
- time-scale promotion
- transfer
- upgradation
- upshifter
- vault
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Idiom(s)
ascend the throne