different between ascend vs upstream

English

Etymology

From Middle English ascenden, borrowed from Old French ascendre, from Latin ascend? (“to go up, climb up to”), from ad (“to”) + scand? (“to climb”); see scan. Unrelated to accede other than common ad prefix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Hyphenation: as?cend

Verb

ascend (third-person singular simple present ascends, present participle ascending, simple past and past participle ascended)

1. (intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.

   He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.

2. (intransitive) To slope in an upward direction.
3. (transitive) To go up.

   You ascend the stairs and take a right.

4. (transitive) To succeed.

   She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.

5. (intransitive, figuratively) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
6. To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).

   Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

7. (transitive, music) To become higher in pitch.

Antonyms

• descend

Related terms

• ascent
• ascendant
• ascendance
• ascendancy/ascendency
• ascending
• ascender
• ascension
• transcend

Translations

See also

• climb

Further reading

• ascend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ascend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Dances, dances, decans, descan

French

Verb

ascend

1. third-person singular present indicative of ascendre

English

Etymology

up- +? stream

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?m

Adjective

upstream (not comparable)

1. in a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver
2. (oil industry) involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling
3. (computing) in the direction from the client to the server
4. (open-source software) maintained, owned or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream
   • 2013, Matthew Helmke, Ubuntu Unleashed 2013 Edition: Covering 12.10 and 13.04, Pearson Education

     You can also check the upstream and/or Debian bug trackers for open and closed bugs and the upstream revision history or newer release(s).

   • 2012, Jono Bacon, The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation, O'Reilly Media, Inc., page 141

     If the developer knows the bug is an upstream bug but does not know which bug it is in the upstream bug tracker, he can add an upstream task to the bug report.
5. (biology) towards the leading end (5? end) of a DNA molecule

Derived terms

• upstream loan

Antonyms

• downstream

Translations

Adverb

upstream (comparative more upstream, superlative most upstream)

1. Against the current.

Antonyms

• downstream

Translations

Verb

upstream (third-person singular simple present upstreams, present participle upstreaming, simple past and past participle upstreamed)

1. (intransitive) To stream upward.
2. (transitive, open-source software) To have (a software library, patch, etc.) accepted by the original developers of the related software, so that they maintain and distribute it.

Noun

upstream (plural upstreams)

1. Part of the river towards the upstream direction.
   • 1957, Proceedings of the Iraqi Scientific Societies - Volumes 1-6 - Page 26

     The total depth of water at the upstream was measured by using a pointer attached to a carriage sitting on the water table walls.

2. (open-source software) The original developers or maintainers of software.

Anagrams

• tempuras