Hyphenation of ascend

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ascend? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of ascend:

1.	Travel up, We ascended the mountain Go up a ladder The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope
2.	Go back in order of genealogical succession Inheritance may not ascend linearly
3.	Become king or queen She ascended to the throne after the King's death
4.	Appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils The vine climbed up the side of the house
5.	Go along towards (a river's) source The boat ascended the Delaware
6.	Slope upwards The path ascended to the top of the hill
7.	Come up, of celestial bodies The sun also rises The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled... Jupiter ascends
8.	Move to a better position in life or to a better job She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great

Synonyms of ascend:

verb	go up, travel, go, move, locomote
verb	go back, date back, date from
verb	accede, enter
verb	follow, travel along
verb	slope, incline, pitch
verb	rise, come up, uprise, rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.