Ascend and Set

Ascend

Ascend verb - Come up, of celestial bodies.
Usage example: Jupiter ascends

Set is an antonym for ascend.

Set

Set verb - Disappear beyond the horizon.
Usage example: the sun sets early these days

Ascend is an antonym for set in topics: position, harden, decline, start, decide upon.

Nearby Words: setup, setting

Common collocations

plot ascend plot set plot
way ascend way set way
level ascend level set level
world ascend world set world
Other words: building, game.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Tribes Ascend replaces this with a Class and Level System, giving each class a specific armor, set of weapons and equipment, and the use of Experience Points to purchase upgrades.
  • The Avatar from Ultima IX: During ALL the game it's said that you won't be back to Earth nor Britannia (the planet where the game is set) but you will ascend to another form of existence.
  • Film / 2001: A Space Odyssey Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: The purpose of the Monolith's "trap", set for the first human to stumble upon it.
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