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ascend - travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" |
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come down,
descend,
fall,
go down criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play"
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go,
locomote,
move,
travel be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
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come up,
rise,
rise up,
surface bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
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uprise ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
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ascend - slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill" |
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incline,
pitch,
slope feel favorably disposed or willing; "She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs"
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ascend - become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death" |
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accede,
enter take on duties or office; "accede to the throne"
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ascend - move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great |
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rise |
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change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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ascend - go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware" |
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follow,
travel along behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example"
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ascend - go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly" |
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date back,
date from,
go back belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"
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ascend - appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the vine climbed up the side of the house" |