ascent
IPA: ʌsˈɛnt
noun
- The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
- The way or means by which one ascends.
- 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
- (typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
- An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
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Examples of "ascent" in Sentences
- I feel the lugubrious ascent of disgrace.
- The first ascent to the summit was achieved.
- His ascent in the union hierarchy was meteoric.
- As the rocket ascents, the ambient airpressure drops.
- Descending the water slope is the reverse of the ascent.
- At the highest point of their ascent they release the gametes.
- In a concealed way, the sin becomes the beginning of the ascent.
- The captain continued the ascent and retracted the landing gear.
- Despite the controversy, the team won the Piolet d'Or for the ascent.
- All the pundits are scattered with the ascent of king Bhoja to heaven.
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