Definition of ascent

"ascent" in the noun sense

1. ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade

an upward slope or grade (as in a road

"the car couldn't make it up the rise"

2. rise, rising, ascent, ascension

a movement upward

"they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"

3. rise, ascent, ascension, ascending

the act of changing location in an upward direction

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Quotations for ascent

The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy. [ Seneca ]

Those people who are always improving never become great Greatness is an eminence, the ascent to which is steep and lofty, and which a man must seize on at once by natural boldness and vigor, and not by patient, wary steps. [ Hazlitt ]

ascent in Scrabble®

The word ascent is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

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ascent in Words With Friends™

The word ascent is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

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Words containing the sequence ascent

Words that start with ascent (2 words)

Words with ascent in them (1 word)

Words that end with ascent (2 words)

Word Growth involving ascent

Shorter words in ascent

as

en cent scent

Longer words containing ascent

ascents

nascent