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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ascend/#m1)

2) To ascend the throne means to become king or queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ascend/#m2)

3) In ascending order means arranged from the smallest to the largest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ascend/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ascend/#x1)
- The climbers ascended the mountain slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ascend/#x2)
- The lift ascended to the top floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ascend/#x3)
- The hot-air balloon ascended into the clouds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ascend/#x4)
- The prince ascended the throne when the old king died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ascend/#x5)
- Sort the heights in ascending order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ascend/#x6)
- The path ascends steeply to the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ascend/#x7)
- She was also going to ascend the mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ascend/#x8)

### 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.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.314/)
- [Who shall ascend into the mountain of the LORD? and who shall stand in His holy place?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.350/)
- [Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, the tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1276/)
- [Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.864/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ascend» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ascend/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.