ascent en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈsent/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (California, Southern) audio
- /əˈsɛnt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Formed from ascend on the model of descend/descent.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.
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(countable, uncountable) The way or means by which one ascends.
There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.
- (countable, uncountable) An eminence, hill, or high place.
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) The ascender height in a typeface.
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(countable, uncountable) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ascents | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (45)
ru подъём (act of ascending; motion upwards) · cmn 上升 (act of ascending; motion upwards) · bg изкачване (act of ascending; motion upwards) · ar تَسَلُّق (act of ascending; motion upwards) · de Anhöhe (eminence, hill, or high place) · fi nousu (way or means by which one ascends) · hi आरोहण (act of ascending; motion upwards) · it salita (act of ascending; motion upwards) · fi korkea paikka (eminence, hill, or high place) · fi nousureitti (way or means by which one ascends) · de Besteigung (act of ascending; motion upwards) · bg стръмнина (degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line) · de Anstieg (degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line) · nl stijging (act of ascending; motion upwards) · fi nousu (act of ascending; motion upwards) · es ascenso (act of ascending; motion upwards) · bg стръмнина (eminence, hill, or high place) · es elevación (eminence, hill, or high place) · sh uzvisina (eminence, hill, or high place) · bg издигане (act of ascending; motion upwards) · de Anstieg (act of ascending; motion upwards) · es elevación (degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line) · it ascesa (act of ascending; motion upwards) · la ascensus (act of ascending; motion upwards) · pt subida (act of ascending; motion upwards) · nl stijging (degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line) · fi nousukulma (degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line) · bg стръмност (degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line) · vi lên (act of ascending; motion upwards) · hi आरोह (act of ascending; motion upwards) · de Steigung (degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line) · fi nousu (degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line) · ar صُعُود (act of ascending; motion upwards) · pt ascensão (act of ascending; motion upwards) · uk підйом (act of ascending; motion upwards) · grc ἀνάβασις (act of ascending; motion upwards) · de Aufstieg (way or means by which one ascends) · eo ascendo (act of ascending; motion upwards) · de Aufstieg (act of ascending; motion upwards) · sh uspon (act of ascending; motion upwards) · fa فرازش (act of ascending; motion upwards) · hy վերելք (act of ascending; motion upwards) · qu wichay (act of ascending; motion upwards) · fa صعود (act of ascending; motion upwards) · ru восхожде́ние (act of ascending; motion upwards)