ascend

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

as·cend [ascend ascends ascended ascending] BrE [əˈsend] NAmE [əˈsend] verb intransitive, transitive (formal)
to rise; to go up; to climb up
•The path started to ascend more steeply.
•The air became colder as we ascended.
•The results, ranked in ascending order (= from the lowest to the highest) are as follows:
•Practise your scales ascending and descending.
•~ from sth Mist ascended from the valley.
•~ to sth (figurative)He ascended to the peak of sporting achievement.
•~ sth Her heart was thumping as she ascended the stairs.
• (figurative)to ascend the throne (= become king or queen)
Opp: ↑descend
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin ascendere, from ad- ‘to’ + scandere ‘to climb’.

Example Bank:
•The road ascends steeply from the harbour.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  move up, rise, come up, uprise, climb up, go up
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  set, go down, go under, descend, fall, come down