Meaning & use
Ascended
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Rose or climbed upward, whether physically, in rank, or in status.
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The climbers ascended the peak just before sunrise.
She quickly ascended through the company ranks to become CEO.
A note on using this word
In many religious traditions, 'ascended' carries a special meaning of rising bodily to heaven, as in the Christian doctrine of the Ascension.
Words with a similar meaning
climbedrose
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Words with an opposite meaning
descended
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