verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ascending/descending order (= with the lowest or highest number first )
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The films are ranked in ascending order of profitability.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
heaven
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Three pairs of dark legs, high-top sneakers at their bottoms, ascend toward heaven .
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In later times, he ascended to heaven to be crowned with stars.
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As well as a tree, Hathor was, like Lilith, the ladder on which the righteous could ascend to heaven .
stair
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She ascended the stairs and entered her own room first, but there was no one there.
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Finally I leave, and even more slowly ascend the remaining stairs .
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Footsteps are heard ascending the stairs to platform I passing clean through the locked barrier gates and proceeding along the platform.
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Without a word, the woman began to ascend the stairs .
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Then I ascended the narrow stairs to his doorway.
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It had begun to ascend the stairs ... and then the weariness had overcome it.
throne
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The original sovereign continued to be struck until 1603, when James I ascended the throne , but was revived in 1817.
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Start there, with Caliban ascending the throne .
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For a number of years after he ascended the throne he remained highly deferential to gentry concerns.
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Primarily, however, her antics seem playful, befitting a king who ascended the throne at age 10.
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He acquired it partly by accident, for war was near when he ascended the throne .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A huge flock of red-wing blackbirds ascended from their nests along the side of the road.
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Bianca walked regally across the hall and ascended the marble staircase.
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He leaned out of an upstairs window and felt a current of warm air ascending from the street.
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He was turning to ascend the ladder to the engine room when the ship's fire alarm sounded.
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Ms. Goodman ascended a 10-foot aluminum ladder to the roof.
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Several ski lifts ascended the mountain.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Continue ascending two more forms and then play the whole thing descending.
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From this pseudo-grandeur, a curving stairway ascends to eight capacious galleries.
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It took about twenty minutes to ascend the 212 steps, but it was worth the effort.
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Paul was first to ascend , and the boards shook under him as he gave Junior a hand up.
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Primarily, however, her antics seem playful, befitting a king who ascended the throne at age 10.
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She looked up as Eva ascended into the rafters.
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We also identified the product of the team of teams as we ascended from the micro to the macro level.