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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-sent |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɛnt |
Definition of ascent
Origin :- c.1610, "action of ascending," from ascend on model of descend/descent; "climbing" sense is from 1753.
- noun upward movement
- noun upward slope
- For hours it seemed that every ascent, every descent, must mark the end.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- They were near the crown of the ascent, and he could carry her as far as that!
- Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
- The descent was as laborious as the ascent had been, and much more dangerous.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The ascent was perilous at any hour to any foot save that of a mountaineer.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- There appeared to be no ascent the one way or the other, and no slope on either side.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- Thus they have prevented the ascent of Mount Tongariro, which is tapu, or sacred.
- Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton
- Every flight of the steps, in the ascent, brings one to a new vision of beauty.
- Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
- Thus accoutered he recommenced the ascent with considerable confidence.
- Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
- Then, shouldering their rifles, the two men began the ascent.
- Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
- The last hundred feet of the ascent had been the most difficult.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
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