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1. (n.) ascent
the act of ascending; a rising or climbing movement.
2. ascent
movement upward from a lower to a higher state, degree, grade, or status; advancement.
3. ascent
a way or means of ascending; upward slope; acclivity.
4. ascent
the degree of inclination; gradient:
a steep ascent.
5. ascent
a movement or return toward a source or beginning.
Etymology: (1590–1600; der. of ascend , on the model of descent)
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| Definition of 'ascent' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
"the car couldn't make it up the rise"
2. (noun) rise, rising, ascent, ascension
a movement upward
"they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
3. (noun) rise, ascent, ascension, ascending
the act of changing location in an upward direction
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Webster Dictionary |
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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
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Sense: the act of climbing or going up
The ascent of Mount Everest.
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 Afrikaans: bestyging |
 Arabic: صُعود، تَسَلُّـق |
 Bulgarian: изкачване |
 Brazilian: subida |
 Czech: výstup |
 German: die Besteigung |
 Danish: opstigning; bestigning |
 Greek: σκαρφάλωμα |
 Spanish: ascensión |
 Estonian: tõus |
 Farsi: صعود |
 Finnish: nousu |
 French: ascension |
 Hebrew: טִפּוּס @@@טִיפּוּס$$$ |
 Hindi: चढ़ाई |
 Croatian: uspon |
 Hungarian: megmászás |
 Indonesian: pendakian |
 Icelandic: uppganga |
 Italian: ascesa, scalata |
 Japanese: 登り |
 Korean: 올라가기 |
 Lithuanian: kopimas, kilimas |
 Latvian: kāpšana |
 Malay: pendakian |
 Dutch: beklimming |
 Norwegian: oppstigning, bestigning |
 Polish: wejście |
 Persian: صعود |
 Pashto: پورته ، صعود |
 Portuguese: subida |
 Romanian: ascensiune |
 Russian: восхождение |
 Slovak: výstup |
 Slovenian: vzpon |
 Serbian: penjanje |
 Swedish: bestigning, uppstigning, |
 Thai: การปีน |
 Turkish: çıkış, tırmanış |
 Taiwanese: 登高 |
 Ukrainian: сходження |
 Urdu: چڑھنا ، اوپر جانا |
 Vietnamese: sự đi lên |
 Chinese: 登高 |
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