Meaning of 'ascend'

verb

to travel up

Example: "We ascended the mountain."

verb

to move to a better position in life or to a better job

Example: "They ascended from a life of poverty to one of great wealth and prestige."

Synonyms: rise

verb

to come up, of celestial bodies

Example: "Jupiter is ascending on the horizon."

Synonyms: rise

verb

to slope upwards

Example: "The path ascended to the top of the hill."

verb

to go along towards a river's source

Example: "The boat ascended the Delaware."

verb

to appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils

Example: "The spirit ascends."

Synonyms: climb up

verb

to become king or queen

Example: "They ascended to the throne after the previous monarch's death."

verb

to go back in order of genealogical succession

Example: "Inheritance may not ascend linearly."