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See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security.
Samuel Rutherford

Meaning of "ascent" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ASCENT

ascent  [əˈsɛnt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASCENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ascent is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ASCENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ascent in the English dictionary

The first definition of ascent in the dictionary is the act of ascending; climb or upward movement. Other definition of ascent is an upward slope; incline or gradient. Ascent is also movement back through time, as in tracing of earlier generations.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASCENT


assent
əˈsɛnt
cent
sɛnt
concent
kənˈsɛnt
consent
kənˈsɛnt
descent
dɪˈsɛnt
disconsent
ˌdɪskənˈsɛnt
dissent
dɪˈsɛnt
incent
ɪnˈsɛnt
Pinsent
ˈpɪnˌsɛnt
scent
sɛnt
sent
sɛnt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASCENT

ascendance
ascendancy
ascendant
ascendantly
ascendence
ascendency
ascendent
ascender
ascendeur
ascendible
ascending
ascending scale
ascension
Ascension Day
Ascension Island
ascensional
ascensionist
Ascensiontide
ascensive
ascertain

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASCENT

adolescent
chemiluminescent
convalescent
crescent
effervescent
Fertile Crescent
fluorescent
incandescent
iridescent
line of descent
luminescent
nascent
pearlescent
photoluminescent
prepubescent
quiescent
recent
Red Crescent
reminiscent
senescent
the crescent

Synonyms and antonyms of ascent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ASCENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ascent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ascent

Translation of «ascent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASCENT

Find out the translation of ascent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ascent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ascent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

攀登
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ascenso
570 millions of speakers

English

ascent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चढ़ाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصعود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

восхождение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চড়াই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ascension
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pendakian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aufstieg
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

登り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

등반
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ascent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lên cao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उन्नती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çıkış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

salita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wynurzania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сходження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ascensiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανάβαση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

trap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppstigning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppstigningen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ascent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASCENT»

The term «ascent» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.459 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASCENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ascent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ascent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ascent

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10 QUOTES WITH «ASCENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ascent.
1
Alice Stone Blackwell
A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.
2
Anatoli Boukreev
I said to Scott that the ascent seemed to be going slowly and that I was concerned descending climbers could possibly run out of oxygen before their return to camp IV.
3
James Henry Breasted
In any case, in so far as our knowledge of the universe carries us, the advent of civilization for the first time on our globe represents the highest ascent of the life processes to which evolution had anywhere attained.
4
Giordano Bruno
There is a descent from God through the world to animals, and an ascent from animals through the world to God. He is the highest point of the scale, pure act and active power, the purest light.
5
George Crook
I at once commenced the ascent through a shower of arrows.
6
George Grey
At several such places we landed, but always found the ascent to the interior so covered with large loose rocks that it would have been impossible to have disembarked stores or stock on any.
7
Arthur Keith
Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent.
8
Eduardo Paes
When Seoul hosted the Games in 1988, it became a symbol of the Asian Tigers' ascent onto the world stage. In 1992, the Barcelona Olympics represented the unification of Europe. And when Rio plays host in 2016, it will reinforce the growing importance of Brazil and Latin America as a whole.
9
Philippe Perrin
It's, I mean, for me, it's the same as training with my crewmembers. We share the same first part of the flight. We all go together. It's the most critical part of the flight, the ascent.
10
Samuel Rutherford
See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASCENT»

Discover the use of ascent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ascent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ascent!
This series is focused on delivering custom materials which are designed and presented to meet the needs of enthusiastic and committed students.
Louise Petheram, Phil Routledge, Lawrie Ryan, 2003
2
The Ladder of Divine Ascent
John Climacus (c. 579-649) was abbot of the monastery of Catherine on Mount Sinai. His Ladder was the most widely used handbook of the ascetical life in the ancient Greek Church.
Saint John (Climacus), 1982
3
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
A richly original look at the origins of money and how it makes the world go ?round Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of our financial system, from its genesis in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest ...
Niall Ferguson, 2008
4
The Ascent to Truth
Merton defines Christian mysticism, especially as expressed by the Spanish Carmelite St. John of the Cross, and he offers the contemplative experience as an answer to the irreligion and barbarism of our times. “For those...curious about ...
Thomas Merton, 2002
5
Ascent: Two Lives Explored : The Autobiographies of Sir ...
This autobiography interweaves the stories of the famous father and son adventurers, their separate impressions of the lives they have lived with one another and apart, and their pioneering expeditions to the top of the world
Edmund Hillary, Peter Hillary, 1986
6
China's Ascent: Power, Security, and the Future of ...
This book offers multiple analytical perspectives—constructivist, liberal, neorealist—on the significance of the many dimensions of China's regional and global influence and considers the likelihood of conflict or peaceful accommodation ...
Robert S. Ross, Feng Zhu, 2008
7
Ascent: A Novel
Rising from the disadvantages of a Stalingrad orphanage to the prestige of the cosmonaut corps, Yefgenii Yeremin struggles with the covert nature of his Korean War missions, which cause his heroics to go unreported, and pursues glory when ...
Jed Mercurio, 2009
8
Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II
Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, also winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, continues -- one of the richest, most intensive and most revealing examinations ever ...
Robert A. Caro, 2011
9
Ascent: The Spiritual And Physical Quest Of Lege
Ascent is the story of his life--a thrilling tale of physical and spiritual adventure that captures the hypnotic force behind this extraordinary personality.
Laurence Leamer, 2011
10
The Ascent
Within the following years Sahaja Yoga grew dramatically and transformed the lives of thousands all over the world. the Ascent is a sequel that records the process of that transforming force and how each individual can ascend to his own ...
Yogi Mahajan, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASCENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ascent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI) Announces Launch of EnerPlex in …
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTI), a developer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules ... «StreetInsider.com, Jul 15»
2
Company Shares of Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Drops by -10.47%
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI) has lost 10.47% during the past week and dropped 27.78% in the last 4 weeks. The shares ... «OTC Outlook, Jul 15»
3
Ascent Capital to swap stake in Alivira Animal Health with listed firm …
Home-grown private equity firm Ascent Capital will swap its stake in Alivira Animal Health Ltd with its public-listed parent, Bangalore-based ... «VC Circle, Jul 15»
4
Dillon Francis ascent to fame came after collaborating with producer …
The 27-year-old got sick while playing at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, Nev., recently. “It's super hot over there,” he says during a ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
5
Small boot; engine quiet but lacks Mazda 3's or Golf's punch; short …
The car you're looking at is the 2016 Toyota Corolla Ascent Sport, finished in Citrus yellow. It sits one rung above the base, fleet-favoured ... «CarAdvice, Jul 15»
6
Ascent acquires P&A Receivables
Legal debt recovery firm Ascent has acquired the commercial collections division of Sheffield-based P&A Receivables Services. The deal is ... «Credit Today, Jul 15»
7
Brokerages Expect Ascent Capital Group to Post ($0.85) EPS …
Ascent Capital Group logo Ascent Capital Group (NASDAQ:ASCMA) has received an average broker rating score of 1.67 (Buy) from the three ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
8
Zebulon continues its technological ascent with Wi-Fi, website …
Zebulon leaders want to rework the appearance of the town's website, which has carried this look since 2010. By Aaron Moody. «News & Observer, Jun 15»
9
Chris Christie's political ascent
September 2001 — Chris Christie is appointed a US Attorney by President George W Bush. The move is criticised as Christie has no previous ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
10
Evolutionary ascent of Microsoft
A variation on the Ascent of Man theme, it showed the evolution of computing devices starting with a newt-like creature holding an abacus, ... «Independent Online, Jun 15»

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