ascent

[ uh-sent ]
See synonyms for ascent on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement: the ascent of a balloon.

  2. movement upward from a lower to a higher state, degree, grade, or status; advancement: His ascent to the governorship came after a long political career.

  1. the act of climbing or traveling up: Three climbers attempted the ascent of Mount Rainier.

  2. the way or means of ascending; upward slope; acclivity.

  3. a movement or return toward a source or beginning.

  4. the degree of inclination; gradient: a steep ascent.

Origin of ascent

1
1590–1600; derivative of ascend, on the model of descent

Other words from ascent

  • re·as·cent, noun

Words that may be confused with ascent

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use ascent in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for ascent

ascent

/ (əˈsɛnt) /


noun
  1. the act of ascending; climb or upward movement: the ascent of hot gases

  2. an upward slope; incline or gradient

  1. movement back through time, as in tracing of earlier generations (esp in the phrase line of ascent)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012