Meaning & Definition of Ascend in English

1. Travel up, "we ascended the mountain"

• "Go up a ladder"

• "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"

2. Go back in order of genealogical succession

• "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"

3. Become king or queen

• "She ascended to the throne after the king's death"

4. Appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils

• "The vine climbed up the side of the house"

5. Go along towards (a river's) source

• "The boat ascended the delaware"

6. Slope upwards

• "The path ascended to the top of the hill"

7. Come up, of celestial bodies

• "The sun also rises"

• "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."

• "Jupiter ascends"

8. Move to a better position in life or to a better job

• "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great