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单词 ascend
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ascend
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To ascend is to move or travel upwards. You've heard about how we ascend to Heaven after we die? Well, that's because Heaven is above us, so we get to go up!
Riding the escalators in the department store is one way to amuse yourself while your mom does the shopping. You can ascend all the way to 8 (Women's Lingerie) and then descend again, all the way back to the ground floor. Both of those words come from the Latin verb scandere, which means "to climb." It's the prefixes that make all the difference. The a- of ascend makes the word mean "climb up," while the de- of its antonym makes descend mean "climb down."
WORD FAMILY
ascend: ascendable, ascendant, ascended, ascendent, ascender, ascending, ascends, ascension, ascensive+/ascendancy: ascendancies/ascendant: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendants/ascendency: ascendencies/ascendent: ascendence, ascendency, ascendently, ascendents/ascender: ascenders/ascending: ascendingly, ascendings/ascension: ascensional, ascensions/ascensive: ascensively
USAGE EXAMPLES
He is ascending in every statistical career list and might be better than ever.
Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016)
Edgmon ascends to House speaker 10 years into his political career.
Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016)
Each ascended to stardom, or something like it, in a unique way.
Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016)
1v travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope
Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper
go up
come down, descend, fall, go down
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
come up, rise, rise up, surface
come to the surface
uprise
ascend as a sound
emerge
come up to the surface of or rise
resurface
reappear on the surface
bubble up, intumesce
move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically
swell, well
come up, as of a liquid
go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
2v appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
Syn
climb up
3v go along towards (a river's) source
The boat ascended the Delaware
Hyper
follow, travel along
travel along a certain course
4v slope upwards
The path ascended to the top of the hill
Hyper
incline, pitch, slope
be at an angle
5v come up, of celestial bodies
Jupiter ascends
Syn|Ant|Hyper
come up, rise, uprise
go down, go under, set
disappear beyond the horizon
arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise
move upward
6v move to a better position in life or to a better job
She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
Syn|Hyper
move up, rise
change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
7v become king or queen
She ascended to the throne after the King's death
Hyper
accede, enter
take on duties or office
8v go back in order of genealogical succession
Inheritance may not ascend linearly
Hyper
date back, date from, go back
belong to an earlier time
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