ascent
Syllables: as·centUK/əˈsɛnt/
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Australia/əˈsent/
ascent noun: the act of ascending; a motion upwards.
Noun
ascent (countable and uncountable, plural ascents)
- The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
- He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.
- The way or means by which one ascends.
- There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.
- An eminence, hill, or high place.
- The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness
- The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.
- The ascender height in a typeface.
- An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
- That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in The AV Club
ascent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ascent in Hindi
- act of ascending; motion upwards
- आरोह āroh, आरोहण ārohaṇ
ascent in Tamil
- ஏற்றம், ஏறும், மேல் நோக்கு, ஏறுதல், உயர்வு, முன்னேற்றம்
ascent in Marathi
- ascent, upward slope
- चढ caḍh
ascent in Urdu
- ascent, climb, slope, ramp
- چڑھائی caṛhāī
- ascent, ascension
- عروج 'urūj
More languagesFewer languages
- ascent in Telugu
- ఆరోహణ
- ascent in Malayalam
- ആരോഹണം ārōhaṇaṁ, കയറ്റം kayaṟṟaṁ, ഏറ്റം ēṟṟaṁ
- ascent in Kannada
- ಏತ, ಯಾತ, ಆರೋಹಣ, ಹತ್ತುವುದು
- ascent in Gujarati
- આરોહણ
- ascent in Sanskrit
- आरोह āroha
- ascent in Nepali
- आरोहण
- ascent in Arabic
- صُعُود ṣuʕūd, تَسَلُّق tasalluq
- ascent in Persian
- صعود, فرازش farâzeš
- ascent in Vietnamese
- lên
Examples of ascent in a sentence
- Men and women clothed and shod for the ascent.
- After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth.
- The high speed of a rocket during its ascent through the atmosphere generates considerable levels of dynamic pressure that the rocket's structure has to withstand without buckling.
Forms of ascent
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Origin of ascent
Formed from ascend on the model of descend/descent.
Words formed from ascent
Phrases with ascent
Words that rhyme with ascent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about ascent
- What does ascent mean?
- Ascent means the act of ascending; a motion upwards.
- What is ascent in Hindi?
- Ascent in Hindi is आरोह (āroh), आरोहण (ārohaṇ). See Ascent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ascent?
- Ascent is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ascent?
- Ascent is pronounced /əˈsɛnt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ascent?
- The plural of ascent is ascents.
Words near ascent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ascent (page history and authors); ascent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); चढ (Marathi) (page history and authors); عروج (Urdu) (page history and authors); ascent (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ആരോഹണം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ascent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ascent (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); आरोह (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ascent (Nepali, 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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