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How to pronounce climb in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms climb up, go up, mount
Type of come up, go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, uprise
Has types escalade, ride, scale, mountaineer, ramp
Derivation climbing, climber


Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?.
Type Words
Synonyms mount, rise, wax
Type of increase
Has types advance, jump, gain


Sales were climbing after prices were lowered.
Type Words
Synonyms go up, rise
Type of grow
Has types bull, soar
Derivation climbing


prices climbed steeply.
Type Words
Synonyms acclivity, ascent, raise, rise, upgrade
Type of side, slope, incline
Has types uphill
Type Words
Synonyms climbing, mounting
Type of ascension, ascent, rise, rising
Type Words
Synonyms mount
Type of ascension, rise, ascending, ascent
Has types scaling, rock climbing, clamber, mountain climbing, mountaineering


it was a difficult climb to the top.
Type Words
Type of get along, advance, come along, come on, get on, progress, shape up
Derivation climber


This young man knows how to climb the social ladder.
Type Words
Type of move
Has types struggle, skin, shin, shinny, scramble, sputter, clamber
Type Words
Type of incline, pitch, slope


The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill.

Examples of climb

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Officials anticipate the figure will climb to $8 million by the end of December.
From the dailyherald.com
The index now may climb to the next level of resistance at 1,315, Stockton said.
From the bloomberg.com
They help each other climb obstacles and drag each other to safety when wounded.
From the washingtontimes.com
If you need to clean off the roof, do not climb up on the roof to shovel it off.
From the dailyherald.com
It's the stretch run and you need to shake up the roster to climb the standings.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The number of flights between the two countries is to climb to 23 a day by 2012.
From the upi.com
Prices could climb exponentially for longer breaks at more expensive properties.
From the businessweek.com
Don't miss the challenging 250-stair climb to the top of the Pyramid of the Sun.
From the chron.com
Just play as many of your favourite slots as possible to climb the leader board.
From the mearcade.metro.co.uk
More examples
  • Ascent: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
  • Go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
  • An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
  • Move with difficulty, by grasping
  • The act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top"
  • Wax: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
  • In aviation, the term climb refers both to the actual operation of increasing the altitude of an aircraft and to the logical phase of a typical flight (often called the climb phase or climbout) following take-off and preceding the cruise, during which an increase in altitude to a predetermined ...
  • The Climb is a film directed by Bob Swaim and starring John Hurt, Gregory Smith, David Strathairn, Marla Sokoloff, and Sarah Buxton. The film was re-released on DVD August 21, 2007.
  • The Climb is a 2002 film directed by John Schmidt, distributed by World Wide Pictures.