ascension
/əˈsɛnʃən/
ascension noun: the act of ascending; an ascent.
Noun
ascension (countable and uncountable, plural ascensions)
- The act of ascending; an ascent.
- The ascension of the hot-air balloon gave us a better view.
- A transcendence of the material world; a transition to a higher form, state, or plane of existence.
- It seems that they existed in some sort of previous incarnation of our universe, and use abstract terms to describe their existence, such as "feeding on concepts". They prepared for some sort of ascension, but then the Pattern came, which they describe at first as an all-consuming emptiness...2019 January 7, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: Pattern Screamers” (6:12 from the start), in The Exploring Series, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2023
- That which rises, as from distillation.
- vaporous ascensions from the stomach1683, Thomas Browne, “Observations upon Several Plants Mention’d in Scripture”, in Certain Miscellany Tracts
- The act or process of ceasing to be an incel, generally by losing one's virginity/having sex, or entering a romantic relationship.
- In contrast to red pilled ascension thinking, our sample on r/IncelExit urged users to exit inceldom by engaging those strategies for the sake of personal wellbeing and new social capital.2023, Ruxandra Mihaela Gheorghe, David Yuzva Clement, “'It's time to put the copes down and get to work’: a qualitative study of incel exit strategies on r/IncelExit”, in Behavioral Sciences of...
- “When I see how popular white guys are, I almost start to believe ascension is possible. But then I remember all of my other defects. Like the fact that I'm middle-aged”.2024, anonymous, quoted in Václav Báča, "Hierarchy at the Bottom of the Hierarchy: Involuntary Celibates, Identity, and Race", thesis submitted to Charles University, page 45
Proper noun capitalized: Ascension
Ascension
- Entry into heaven while still alive.
- Synonyms:
- assumption, translation
- The believed entry of Jesus Christ into heaven after his resurrection.
- A holiday celebrating the Ascension of Jesus, 40 days after Easter.
- Synonyms:
- Ascension Day
- Ellipsis of Ascension Island.
- For a relatively unpromising scrap of land – 88 square kilometres of infertile shore and mountain – Ascension attracted a lot of interest.2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 453
ascension meaning in Hindi, Punjabi, Arabic and Persian
ascension in Hindi
- the act of ascending
- आरोहण ārohaṇ
ascension in Punjabi
- ਅਸੈਂਸ਼ਨ
ascension in Arabic
- the act of ascending
- صُعُود ṣuʕūd, اِرْتِقَاء irtiqāʔ
ascension in Persian
- the act of ascending
- برایش barâyeš, طلوع tolu'
Examples of ascension in a sentence
- Death is followed by either ascension into a higher plane or descension into a lower plane.
- One of the key focuses of ascension lore is on "the light".
- The amnesiads in my Soapsac were reduced, accordingly, and ascension catalysts instreamed.
Synonyms of ascension
Forms of ascension
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Origin of ascension
From Middle English ascencioun, from Old French ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem (“ascent”). Displaced native Old English upfæreld.
Words formed from ascension
Phrases with ascension
Questions about ascension
- What does ascension mean?
- Ascension means the act of ascending; an ascent.
- What is ascension in Hindi?
- Ascension in Hindi is आरोहण (ārohaṇ). See Ascension meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ascension?
- Ascension can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ascension?
- Ascension is pronounced /əˈsɛnʃən/.
- What is the plural of ascension?
- The plural of ascension is ascensions.
Words near ascension in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ascension (page history and authors); Ascension (page history and authors); ascension (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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