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To rise gradually to a higher point. A movement upwards.

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Usage examples (31)
  • Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit.
  • It was a difficult climb to the top
  • Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
  • This young man knows how to climb the social ladder
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  • In this clime (climate), a cline (gradual change in organisms of similar species often due to environmental or geographic changes) will occur as one continues the mountainous climb (to go up).
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