Definitions for ascent
əˈsɛntas·cent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgradenoun

   an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

   "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

2. rise, rising, ascent, ascensionnoun

   a movement upward

   "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"

3. rise, ascent, ascension, ascendingnoun

   the act of changing location in an upward direction

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. ascentnoun

   The act of ascending. A motion upwards.

   He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.

2. ascentnoun

   The way or means by which one ascends.

   There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.

3. ascentnoun

   An eminence, hill, or high place.

4. ascentnoun

   The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.

   The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.

5. ascentnoun

   The ascender height in a typeface.

6. ascentnoun

   An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ascentnoun

   Etymology: ascensus, Lat.

   1. Rise; the act of rising.

   To him with swift ascent he up return’d,
   Into his blissful bosom reassum’d
   In glory, as of old. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. x.

   2. The way by which one ascends.

   The temple, and the several degrees of ascent, whereby men did climb up to the same, as if it had been a scala cœli, be all poetical and fabulous. Francis Bacon, New Atlant.

   It was a rock
   Conspicuous far; winding with one ascent
   Accessible from earth, one ent’rance high. Par. Lost, b. iv.

   3. An eminence, or high place.

   No land like Italy erects the sight,
   By such a vast ascent, or swells to such a height. Addison.

   A wide flat cannot be pleasant in the Elysian fields, unless it be diversified with depressed valleys and swelling ascents. Richard Bentley.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ascent

   Ascent generally refers to the act of rising or moving upward, climbing, or increasing. It can also denote advancement or progress in various fields such as a successful career ascent. Additionally, it might refer to the upward course of a path or route, or the process of ascending in mountaineering.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Ascent

   the act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth

2. Ascent

   the way or means by which one ascends

3. Ascent

   an eminence, hill, or high place

4. Ascent

   the degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees

5. Etymology: [Formed like descent, as if from a F. ascente, fr. a verb ascendre, fr. L. ascendere. See Ascend, Descent.]

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1. Ascent

   Ascent is a novel published in 2007, written by Jed Mercurio. It follows the career of Yevgeni Yeremin, an orphan of Stalingrad, from his days as a MiG-15 pilot in the Korean War, where he becomes a leading ace. However, at the end of the war he crashes in a plane bearing USSR insignia. Although rescued by North Korean troops he is felt to have risked revealing that Soviet aircrew participated in the conflict and on cessation of hostilities he is exiled in disgrace to a polar base. He has been befriended by one of his groundcrew, who follows him north, and he eventually marries her. He becomes a trainee cosmonaut, with little hope of a mission; he eventually volunteers for a risky mission to attempt a lunar landing ahead of Apollo 11, in an untested lunar craft. He knows that if he fails, his death will lead to little comment, and be denied by the USSR. He succeeds in achieving a landing, on the dark side of the Moon, but the lander rocket has malfunctioned, leaving him no hope of return. The novel ends with his descending from the doomed craft to walk on the lunar surface, as the lights in the stranded craft gradually go out. The novel was serialised in 10 episodes in the BBC's Book at Bedtime in August 2007.

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Anagrams for ascent »

1. enacts

2. secant

3. stance

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ascent in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ascent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ascent in a Sentence

1. Mitul Kotecha:

   Any weakness in the dollar's ascent will be temporary, with strengthening likely toward the year-end.

2. Ed Hine:

   Is it a two billion dollar catastrophe or a ten billion dollar catastrophe, a lot of times that’s not known very quickly, this is a technology that can help to make that process go a lot faster and also help to respond to their main customers quickly too and get them their money, said Peter Fuchs, co-founder of drone manufacturer Ascent Aerosystems. While helpful in certain aspects, drones can’t assist in traditional helicopter efforts. Drone operators are cautious not to interfere with normal search and rescue operations, but experts say integration is key to being successful, which means that everyone on the ground has to be on the same page. It’s not just about capturing a lot of data, it’s about capturing the critical data and getting it to the right people at the right time.

3. Publilius Syrus:

   Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

4. Nikos Kazantzakis:

   What, then is our duty It is to carefully distinguish the historic moment in which we live and to consciously assign our small energies to a specific battlefield. The more we are in phase with the current which leads the way, the more we aid man in his difficult, uncertain, danger-fraught ascent toward salvation.

5. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

   The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ascent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ascent
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ascent
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ascent
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ascent