How do you use the word "ascend" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "ascend" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "ascend": The skyscraper's elevators ascend at an astonishing rate of speed. He was going to ascend to the throne.

Ascend Meaning

/əˈsɛnd/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo move upward, to fly, to soar.

verbTo slope in an upward direction.

Sentence Examples

The skyscraper's elevators ascend at an astonishing rate of speed.

He was going to ascend to the throne.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

None

Antonyms:

descend

CEFR Practice Quiz

To reach the summit, climbers must ____ the steep mountain face.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The climbers began to ____ the high mountain very early in the morning.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English ascenden, borrowed from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascendō (“to go up, climb up to”), from ad (“to”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan. Unrelated to accede other than common ad prefix.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 1957 September 26, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 620, from Herapath's Journal:

"As such, race and class are not only factors in attractiveness (i.e. “Just Be White” and “job/career maxxing” are often used in the forums), but is also a factor when incels discuss ways for them to “ascend” and leave their incel status." — 2023, Julia R. DeCook, Megan Kelly, “Interrogating the 'incel menace': assessing the threat of male supremacy in terrorism studies”, in Ann-Kathrin Rothermel, Laura J. Shepherd, editors, Gender and the Governance of Terrorism and Violent Extremism, unnumbered page:

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