costs/prices/rates climbOurcostshave climbedrapidlyin the last fewyears.
climbsteadily/steeply/slowly
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toimproveyourpositionatworkor insociety:
Hequicklyclimbed to thetopof hisprofession.
climb the housing/promotion/corporate ladderAsexecutivesstruggleto climb thecorporateladder, they often do notwantto say anything that couldharmtheirchances.
climb
noun[C,usually singular]
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anincreasein aprice,number, oramount:
a climb in sthAsustainedclimb ininterestratescouldhitsomepartsof thehousingmarketharderthanothers.
aperiodofimprovementorprogress:
It's going to be along, hard climb before we get out of thisrecession.
Herclimb to thetopof theprofessionwasremarkablyquick.
They climbed mountains, descended rivers and looked out over vast interior plains.
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When the process is stopped, the path inscribed in the tree by climbing reaches a leaf.
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The simplex crossover is fully inspired from hill climbing like algorithms.
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Second, climbing and descending stairs in the manual mode requires operator's knowledge, experience, skills and training.
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First, the operation in manual mode is intuitive, and it would be almost impossible to ascertain stability on climbing and descent.
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They silently accepted my o^er, climbing into the back of my car and politely indicating where they wanted to descend.
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Having just climbed down from the trees, these first humans were thus relatively small.
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They have invested heavily in cotton as the sole possibility for climbing out of poverty and keeping their countries stable.
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A usurper is climbing the steps to the throne, and he promises changes.
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Other environmental samples included soil, debris from footwear used at the camp and from the climbing tower.
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The grouped ages and climbing the tower did not account for any significant variation.
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You awaken one morning on your amply outfitted but very small boat to find that a shipwrecked sailor has climbed aboard.
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Isolated ripples and some climbing ripples locally preserved.
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They had more natural feelings than those who climbed up the power ladder of the company's management.
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The movements and habits of climbing plants (2nd edition).
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Collocationswithclimb
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difficult climb
The rock climber who has never used ropes may decide to use them on a particularlydifficultclimb.
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easy climb
It is aneasyclimband an excellent starting course.
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final climb
He attacked the following day on thefinalclimb9 km from the finish and won the stage.
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