ascent
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noun
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.
3.
the act of climbing or traveling up: Three climbers attempted the ascent of Mount Rainier.
4.
the way or means of ascending; upward slope; acclivity.
5.
a movement or return toward a source or beginning.
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| 1. | the act of ascending; climb or upward movement: the ascent of hot gases |
| 2. | an upward slope; incline or gradient |
| 3. | movement back through time, as in tracing of earlier generations (esp in the phrase line of ascent) |
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Word Origin & History
ascent
1610s, "action of ascending," from ascend on model of descent; "climbing" sense is from 1753.
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Example sentences
The goal is to experience the wilderness with your family — not train for an Everest ascent.
And its ascent was driven in large part by a new form of media: paperback books.
We all know the formula: 10 pounds of extra weight on a 5 percent grade slows your ascent by half a mile an hour.
Wearing tape on her hands, she has to repeatedly jam them into fissures for the ascent.
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