ascent.
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
Meaning & usage
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
Where this word comes from
Formed from ascend on the model of descend/descent.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.