ascend
/əˈsɛnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To go up.
Transitive verb
verb
To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
verb
To cease being an incel, generally by losing one's virginity and engaging in sexual intercourse, or by forming a romantic relationship.
Example Sentences
- "He ascended to heaven upon a cloud."
- "You ascend the stairs and take a right."
- "When a train has to ascend the incline, it first runs down, engine first, from the station about 60 or 70 yards. Then comes behind it the aforesaid truck, or one similar, which, being attached to an endless wire rope, a communication is made by means of the electric telegraph to the engineman at the top of the incline, when the fixed engine begins to work, and the train, partly pulled by the locomotive before, and partly pushed by the truck behind, rapidly ascends, taking somewhere about three minutes to get up."
- "She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated."
- "She ascended to the throne when her mother abdicated."
- "Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ascenden, ascendre, ascendō