Ascent

Pronunciation

• Homophones: assent

Full definition of ascent

Noun

1. The act of ascending. A motion upwards.He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.
2. The way or means by which one ascends.There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.
3. An eminence, hill, or high place.
4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.
5. (typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
6. An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
• 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/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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