ASCENT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of ascent – Learner’s Dictionary

ascent
noun
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/əˈsent/ us

ascent noun (CLIMB)

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a movement or climb up something:
his first ascent of the mountain

ascent noun (BECOMING SUCCESSFUL)

a time when someone starts to become successful:
The book describes his rapid ascent from truck driver to film star.

ascent noun (PATH UP)

a path or road that goes up a hill or mountain:
a steep ascent
(Definition of ascent from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of ascent

in Chinese (Traditional)
爬, 上升, 攀登…
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爬, 上升, 攀登…
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ascenso, ascensión, cuesta…
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in Portuguese
subida…
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上昇, 登山, 昇進…
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çıkış, yükseliş, tırmanış…
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ascension, montée…
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ascensió…
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beklimming, helling…
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صُعود…
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výstup, svah…
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opstigning, bestigning, stigning…
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pendakian, tanjakan…
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การปีน, ทางชัน…
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sự đi lên, đường dốc…
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wspinaczka, awans, wzniesienie…
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pendakian, menaik…
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die Besteigung, der Aufstieg…
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oppstigning, bestigning, motbakke…
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올라감…
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сходження, узвіз, крутий схил…
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ascesa, scalata, salita…
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подъем, продвижение…
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