ascend

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• /əˈsɛnd/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 S EH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: hip — to fly, to soar
• Arabic: طلع (ṭiliʕ) — to fly, to soar
• Armenian: ելնել (elnel) — to fly, to soar
• Armenian: բարձրանալ (barjranal) — to fly, to soar
• Basque: igo — to fly, to soar
• Bulgarian: изгрявам (izgrjavam) — to fly, to soar
• Bulgarian: изкачвам се (izkačvam se) — to fly, to soar
• Burmese: တက် (tak) — to fly, to soar
• Catalan: ascendir — to fly, to soar
• Literary Chinese: 躋 (jī) — to fly, to soar
• Chinese Mandarin: 登 (dēng) — to fly, to soar
• Czech: stoupat — to fly, to soar
• Danish: stige — to fly, to soar
• Dutch: stijgen — to fly, to soar
• Dutch: opgaan — to fly, to soar
• Dutch: opvaren — to fly, to soar
• Esperanto: supreniri — to fly, to soar
• Esperanto: plialtiĝi — to fly, to soar
• Finnish: nousta — to fly, to soar
• Finnish: kohota — to fly, to soar
• French: monter — to fly, to soar
• West-Frisian: stige — to fly, to soar
• Galician: ascender — to fly, to soar
• German: steigen — to fly, to soar
• German: aufsteigen — to fly, to soar
• Greek: ανεβαίνω (anevaíno) — to fly, to soar
• Hebrew: עלה (alá) — to fly, to soar
• Hindi: चढ़ना (caṛhnā) — to fly, to soar
• Hungarian: felmegy — to fly, to soar
• Hungarian: felemelkedik — to fly, to soar
• Hungarian: felszáll — to fly, to soar
• Ido: acensar — to fly, to soar
• Interlingua: ascender — to fly, to soar
• Irish: tóg — to fly, to soar
• Italian: salire — to fly, to soar
• Japanese: 登る (noboru) — to fly, to soar
• Kashmiri: کھَسُن (khasun) — to fly, to soar
• Khmer: ឡើង (laəng) — to fly, to soar
• Korean: 올라가다 (ollagada) — to fly, to soar
• Korean: 비상하다 (bisanghada) — to fly, to soar
• Lao: ຂຶ້ນ (khưn) — to fly, to soar
• Low German: stiegen — to fly, to soar
• Old English: stīgan — to fly, to soar
• Persian: فرازیدن (farâzidan) — to fly, to soar
• Portuguese: ascender — to fly, to soar
• Portuguese: subir — to fly, to soar
• Romanian: înălța — to fly, to soar
• Romanian: urca — to fly, to soar
• Russian: поднима́ться (podnimátʹsja) — to fly, to soar
• Russian: всходи́ть (vsxodítʹ) — to fly, to soar
• Russian: взбира́ться (vzbirátʹsja) — to fly, to soar
• Serbo-Croatian: penjati — to fly, to soar
• Serbo-Croatian: popeti — to fly, to soar
• Slovak: stúpať — to fly, to soar
• Spanish: ascender — to fly, to soar
• Swahili: kupanda — to fly, to soar
• Swedish: stiga (upp) — to fly, to soar
• Swedish: gå upp — to fly, to soar
• Thai: ขึ้น (kʉ̂n) — to fly, to soar
• Tocharian B: ränk- — to fly, to soar
• Vietnamese: lên — to fly, to soar
• Zhuang: hwnj — to fly, to soar
• Albanian: ngjit — to slope in an upward direction
• Gheg Albanian: dal — to slope in an upward direction
• Esperanto: alsupri — to slope in an upward direction
• Finnish: nousta — to slope in an upward direction
• Irish: ardaigh — to slope in an upward direction
• Portuguese: subir — to slope in an upward direction
• Spanish: ascender — to slope in an upward direction
• Albanian: hyp — to go up
• Arabic: صَعِد (ṣaʕid) — to go up
• Arabic: طلع (ṭiliʕ) — to go up
• Bulgarian: издигам се (izdigam se) — to go up
• Burmese: တက် (tak) — to go up
• Dutch: opstijgen — to go up
• Egyptian: i-a:r-O41 (jꜥr) — to go up
• Esperanto: alsupri — to go up
• Esperanto: supreniri — to go up
• Evenki: угиривми (ugiriwmi) — to go up
• Finnish: nousta — to go up
• Finnish: mennä ylös — to go up
• Georgian: ასვლა (asvla) — to go up
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (steigan) — to go up
• Greek: ανεβαίνω (anevaíno) — to go up
• Ancient Greek: ἀναβαίνω (anabaínō) — to go up
• Hungarian: felmegy — to go up
• Hungarian: felemelkedik — to go up
• Hungarian: emelkedik — to go up
• Indonesian: naik — to go up
• Irish: ardaigh — to go up
• Italian: salire — to go up
• Javanese: munggah — to go up
• Javanese: mundhak — to go up
• Old Javanese: nek — to go up
• Old Javanese: uṇḍa — to go up
• Lao: ຂຶ້ນ (khưn) — to go up
• Malay: naik — to go up
• Manchu: ᠸᡝᠰᡳᠮᠪᡳ (wesimbi) — to go up
• Marathi: वर जाणे (var jāṇe) — to go up
• Mongolian: авирах (avirax) — to go up
• Nahuatl: tlehco — to go up
• Portuguese: subir — to go up
• Quechua: wichay — to go up
• Romanian: urca — to go up
• Romanian: sui — to go up
• Sindhi: چڙھڻ (cṛhṇ) — to go up
• Spanish: ascender — to go up
• Swedish: stiga — to go up
• Tagalog: akyatin — to go up
• Thai: ขึ้น (kʉ̂n) — to go up
• Tocharian B: ränk- — to go up
• Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎍𐎊 (ʿly) — to go up
• Ukrainian: підніма́тися (pidnimátysja) — to go up
• Ukrainian: підійма́тися (pidijmátysja) — to go up
• Ukrainian: підня́тися (pidnjátysja) — to go up
• Uzbek: yuksalmoq — to go up
• Vietnamese: lên — to go up
• Finnish: nousta — to succeed
• Greek: ανεβαίνω (anevaíno) — to succeed
• Italian: riuscire — to succeed
• Portuguese: ascender — to succeed
• Portuguese: subir — to succeed
• Spanish: ascender — to succeed
• Spanish: subir — to succeed