ascend
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
travel up,
We ascended the mountain
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Sense 2 verb
go back in order of genealogical succession
Inheritance may not ascend linearly
Types & categories
- go back hypernym
Sense 3 verb
become king or queen
She ascended to the throne after the King's death
Types & categories
- accede hypernym
Related & opposite
- ascendance derivation
Sense 4 verb
appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
the vine climbed up the side of the house
Sense 5 verb
go along towards (a river's) source
The boat ascended the Delaware
Types & categories
- travel along hypernym
Sense 6 verb
slope upwards
The path ascended to the top of the hill
Types & categories
- slope hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
come up, of celestial bodies
The sun also rises
Types & categories
- rise hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
move to a better position in life or to a better job
She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | come down |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascending |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rising |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascender |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | climbable |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascendant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | surface |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | uprise |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | go back |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascendance |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | accede |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | travel along |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascender |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascent |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascendant |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | slope |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | go under |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascension |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | rising |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascendant |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | astronomy |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | rise |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |