ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAascend
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ascend
Meaning: to move upward
ascend in a sentence
How ascend is used in real sentences:
The hikers ascended the gentle hill before sunset.
Warm air ascends above the heater and spreads through the room.
“Nora and Leo had to ascend a wooded hill to compare those stones with their map.”
— from the passage The Line Between Them
Synonyms for ascend
Other words for ascend — climb, rise and mount — carry the same meaning.
- climb
- rise
- mount
Antonyms of ascend
Words that mean the opposite of ascend:
- descend
- fall
Where it comes from
From Latin ascendere 'to climb up'
Memory hook
The A in ascend points up like a mountain.