I.
noun
1 act of climbing
ADJECTIVE
▪ long , slow
▪ short
▪ arduous , difficult , hard , steep , tough ( esp. AmE )
▪ uphill ( often figurative , esp. AmE )
▪
The airline faces an uphill ~ to compete with top air carriers.
▪ easy
▪ steady
▪ final
▪
We rode to Pamba then made the final ~ on foot.
VERB + CLIMB
▪ do , make
▪
I was fitter the first time I did the ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
▪
I broke my ankle on a ~ last week.
▪ ~ from , ~ to
▪
the short ~ from the road to the summit
▪ ~ up
▪
They began the long ~ up the hill.
2 increase in value/amount/status
ADJECTIVE
▪ long , slow
▪ rapid
▪ gradual , steady
▪ upward
▪
the upward ~ of interest rates
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
the dollar's ~ against the euro
▪ ~ in
▪
a steady ~ in the cost of travel
▪ ~ out of
▪
a long slow ~ out of recession
▪ ~ to
▪
her rapid ~ to stardom
II.
verb
1 move up to the top of sth
ADVERB
▪ high
▪
Don't ~ too high.
▪ slowly
▪ nimbly , quickly , rapidly , swiftly
▪ carefully
▪ wearily
PREPOSITION
▪ up
▪
He ~ed slowly up the ladder.
▪ onto
▪
Two boys ~ed onto the roof.
▪ into
▪
He ~ed into the truck and drove off.
▪ over
▪
I ~ed over the fence into the meadow.
PHRASES
▪ ~ to the top
▪
We ~ed right to the top of the mountain.
▪ go ~ing (= for sport)
▪
He goes ~ing every summer.
2 move/lead upwards
ADVERB
▪ gradually , slowly
▪ steadily
▪ steeply
▪ up
VERB + CLIMB
▪ begin to
▪
The path began to ~ quite steeply.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
The road gradually ~s up from the town.
▪ to
▪
The plane took off and ~ed to 20 000 feet.
▪ up
▪
The path ~s steeply up the mountainside.
3 increase
ADVERB
▪ quickly , rapidly , sharply , steeply
▪
Prices have ~ed sharply in recent months.
▪ steadily
▪ slowly
▪
The vaccination rate began to ~ slowly.
PREPOSITION
▪ above
▪
The temperature had ~ed above 90 degrees.
▪ from , to
▪
Unemployment has ~ed from two million to three million.