DICTOMETER

ASCENDING

1. Synonyms:
   • Rise
   • Ascent
   • Ascension
   • Ascending
   Definitions:
   • the act of changing location in an upward direction
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Ascend
   • Go up
   Definitions:
   • travel up,
   Examples:
   • We ascended the mountain
   • Go up a ladder
   • The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope
   Antonyms:
   descend, fall, go down, come down
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Ascend
   Definitions:
   • go back in order of genealogical succession
   Examples:
   • Inheritance may not ascend linearly
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Ascend
   Definitions:
   • become king or queen
   Examples:
   • She ascended to the throne after the King's death
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Ascend
   • Climb up
   Definitions:
   • appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
   Examples:
   • The vine climbed up the side of the house
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Ascend
   Definitions:
   • go along towards (a river's) source
   Examples:
   • The boat ascended the Delaware
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Ascend
   Definitions:
   • slope upwards
   Examples:
   • The path ascended to the top of the hill
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Rise
   • Come up
   • Uprise
   • Ascend
   Definitions:
   • come up, of celestial bodies
   Examples:
   • The sun also rises
   • The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
   • Jupiter ascends
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Ascend
   • Move up
   • Rise
   Definitions:
   • move to a better position in life or to a better job
   Examples:
   • She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Ascending
   Definitions:
   • moving or going or growing upward
   Examples:
   • The ascending plane
   • The ascending staircase
   • The ascending stems of chickweed