- ascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
Antonyms: descending, declivitous, downhill, downward-sloping, degressive, descendant, descendent, down, downward, dropping, falling, drizzling, raining
- rise, ascent, ascension, ascending - the act of changing location in an upward direction
--1 is a kind of motion, movement, move
--1 has particulars:levitation; heave, heaving; climb, mount; soar, zoom
- ascend, go up - travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Antonyms: descend, fall, go down, come down
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun ascension2, noun ascension5, noun ascent2, noun ascent3, noun ascender1
The airplane is sure to ascend
- ascend - go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
--2 is one way to go back, date back, date from
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- ascend - become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
--3 is one way to accede, enter
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun ascendancy1
Somebody ----s PP
- ascend - go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"
--4 is one way to follow, travel along
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- ascend - slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
--5 is one way to slope, incline, pitch
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun ascent1, noun ascender2
Something ----s
- rise, come up, uprise, ascend - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
--6 is one way to rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun ascension4
Something ----s
- ascend - become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"