ascend
US: /əˈsɛnd/
UK: /ɐsˈɛnd/
UK: /ɐsˈɛnd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ascend /ə'send/
- nội động từ
- lên, thăng
- to ascend in rank: thăng cấp
- to ascend towards the source of a river: đi ngược lên dòng sông
- dốc lên (con đường)
- the path began to ascend: con đường bắt đầu dốc lên
- cao lên, cất cao lên (giọng nói, âm thanh)
- ngược (dòng thời gian)
- lên, thăng
- ngoại động từ
- trèo lên; lên
- to ascend a mountain: trèo núi
- to ascend a river: đi ngược dòng sông
- to ascend the throne: lên ngôi vua
- trèo lên; lên
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
(formal) ~ (to sth) to rise; to go up; to climb up: [V] The path started to ascend more steeply. + Mist ascended from the valley. + The air became colder as we ascended. + The results, ranked in ascending order (from the lowest to the highest) are as follows:
+ (figurative) He ascended to the peak of sporting achievement. + Practise your scales ascending and descending. + [VN] Her heart was thumping as she ascended the stairs. + (figurative) to ascend the throne (= become king or queen)
Antonym: DESCEND
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
gently | steeply
PREP.
from
The road ascends steeply from the harbour.
Concise English dictionary
ascends|ascended|ascendingə'send
verb
+travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
+go back in order of genealogical succession
+become king or queen
+go along towards (a river's) source
+slope upwards
+come up, of celestial bodies
