ascending
adjective
[ əˈsɛndɪŋ ]
• increasing in size or importance.
• "incomes ranked in ascending order of size"
• sloping or leading upwards.
• "a gently ascending forest path"
ascend
verb
• go up or climb.
• "she ascended the stairs"
Similar:
climb (up),
come/go/move up,
make one's/its way up,
come/go/move upwards,
rise (up),
arise,
mount,
scale,
conquer,
clamber up,
scramble up,
shin up,
levitate,
fly up,
take to the air,
take off,
soar,
slope upwards,
loom,
tower,
• rise or move up through the air.
• "the lift ascended from his sight"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin ascendere, from ad- ‘to’ + scandere ‘to climb’.
