ascent

Examples

• All

• The second aspect that was important to the '90s and to the context of Millennium was the ascent of the internet.

  Millennium After the Millennium (2019)

• The climbers faced many challenges during their ascent to the mountain's summit.

• Or they they put their stock in individual student success stories and their future ascent to the middle class.

• But without seeing the need for that ascent, we will never make any progress.

  Academic text (1994)

• The first phase of our flight will be the ascent.

  Rocketship X-M (1950)

• Thus armed, I continued my ascent until Phil looked up and rose from his seat.

  Fiction book (1997)

• From here, Carthage began its ascent to empire.

• So you're starting to make the ascent through the ranks and really become popular.

• Gradually, the orbs begin their ascent like a thousand suns rising at the same time.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The passage is extraordinary because Pye tracks Sadler's ascent until he disappears from view.

  Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

R

rise

vsascent

125 2.4

A small upward slope in land or a surface

covers upward movement generally, including physical and figurative advances

C

climb

vsascent

100 1.6

An act of moving up, for example on a hill or to a higher job

is broader, covering any upward movement not only effortful action

R

rising

vsascent

41 3.4

An upward movement to a higher position

is about the act of moving upward or advancing rather than ongoing rise

A

ascension

vsascent

18 7.5

A movement upwards to a higher position, for example climbing or getting a promotion at work

is the same meaning but is an alternative form

E

elevation

vsascent

12 4.1

Raising someone to a higher job or rank

is about the action of moving upward instead of the resulting state

C

climbing

vsascent

4 2.0

Rising to a higher level, for example a mountain or the temperature

is the single act of moving upward rather than a gradual process

S

scaling

vsascent

1 3.9

Climbing up a wall or cliff

is more general and does not require using tools to move upward

Antonyms

D

descent

89 3.7

A movement down from a higher place to a lower place or a slope that goes down

How High

to peak

101 4.2

to surge

57 4.1

ascent

26 4.2

to rise

154 2.7

climb

100 1.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology