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Definitions for Ascent
[1] an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement: the ascent of a balloon.
[2] movement upward from a lower to a higher state, degree, grade, or status; advancement: His ascent to the governorship came after a long political career.
[3] the act of climbing or traveling up: Three climbers attempted the ascent of Mount Rainier.
[4] the way or means of ascending; upward slope; acclivity.
[5] a movement or return toward a source or beginning.
[6] the degree of inclination; gradient: a steep ascent.
[7] the act of ascending; climb or upward movement the ascent of hot gases
[8] an upward slope; incline or gradient
[9] movement back through time, as in tracing of earlier generations (esp in the phrase line of ascent )
Words related to Ascent
ascension, ascendance, climb, rise, lift, rising, spring, mounting, ascending, scaling, acclivity, incline, grade, ramp, gradient, clambering
Words nearby Ascent
ascension, ascension day, ascensionist, ascensiontide, ascensive, ascent, ascertain, ascesis, ascetic, asceticism, asch
Origin of Ascent
1590–1600; derivative of ascend, on the model of descent
Words that may be confused with Ascent
Other words from Ascent
re·as·cent , noun
Synonyms for Ascent
ascendance, ascension, climb, ascending, climbing, lift, mounting, rise, rising, scaling, spring, clambering, take off