ascent
ascent
Definition
as·cent (ə sent′)
ascent
Synonyms
ascent
n.
ascent
Law Definition
n
The passing of an estate to
an heir who is an ancestor of the intestate. See also descent.
ascent
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- begin: Our computers were now telling us to begin ascent.
- assist: B started an assisted ascent, gripping A by the left shoulder.
- attempt: Trek over wild rugged mountains; through arid gorges; attempt an ascent of Jebel Toubkal, the highest mountain in North Africa.
Adjective modifier
- steep: Cross the col then make the steep ascent NW then N to the summit of Red Pike.
- gradual: We begin with a gradual ascent of the Santa Cruz valley.
- buoyant: At the time of the buoyant ascent the computer had ' cleared ' .
- uncontrolled: At 8m they turned up the right way to dump air from their suits and they conducted an uncontrolled buoyant ascent to the surface.
- rapid: His rapid ascent in the pack meant passing half the field in only three laps!
- ascents/first: Notable ascents/First ascents: Leader of Venables ' successful 1998 Everest Kangshung face expedition.
Modifies a noun
- capture: Whichever you need, Ascent Capture has you covered.
Noun used with modifier
- winter: The first winter ascent of the gully remains unknown.
- balloon: Between 1891 to 1900 Patrick Alexander had made several balloon ascents.
- summit: From their high camp at 4,900m the team of eight roped up for their succesful summit ascent.
- solo: During his brief stay he managed an impressive solo ascent of Le Dernier Cri in Holwell Quarry.
- font: Some characters in the Font might extend above the font ascent line.
Preposition: of
- Everest: There were almost 2,000 ascents of Everest in 2003.
- peak: The British led the golden era of mountain climbing in the 18th and 19th centuries which saw the first ascents of major alpine peaks.
- summit: Routes include ascents of summits and vary from day walks to longer mountain traverses.
- mountain: This had been climbed once by a siege of Russians on the only ascent of the mountain.
Preposition: from
- dive: On the ascent from this dive the diver experienced a sharp pain in the top of his right arm.
ascent Quotes
If there be no nobility of descent in a nation, it is all the more indispensable that there should be nobility of ascent; a character in them that bear rule, so fine and high and pure, that as men come within the circle of its influence, they involuntarily pay homagetothat which is the one pre-eminent distinctionöthe royalty of virtue.
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