Meaning of ascent | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of ascending; a motion upwards
2. The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
   countable, uncountable
3. The way or means by which one ascends
4. The way or means by which one ascends.
   countable, uncountable
5. An eminence, hill, or high place
6. An eminence, hill, or high place.
   countable, uncountable
7. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness
8. The ascender height in a typeface
9. The ascender height in a typeface.
   countable, uncountable
10. An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.”

“There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.”

“The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.”

“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.”

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