ascent

[əˈsent]

Definition:
1. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
2. A movement upward.
3. The act of changing location in an upward direction.

Use 'ascent' in a sentence:

1. These range from treks around Mont an ascent of North Africa's highest mountain, Mount Toubkal.
2. A decade ago, the ascent of the Web browser as the center of the computing world appeared inevitable.
3. He did his free ascent on the first try.
4. So would it stay on course during the ascent?
5. Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Its Application to the Optimal Ascent Trajectory Design of the Vehicle.
6. Without language, we could never have embarked on our ascent to unparalleled power over all other animals, and even over nature itself.
7. With gradient ascent method, the parameters are modified to maximize the mutual information.
8. One initiate left electrical engineering as their ascent caused the development of vertigo.
9. Their ascent to the top tier of New York fashion represents an important demographic shift on Seventh Avenue.
10. The miners will be taken off solid food ready for their ascent and given only specially-enriched drinks.
11. Has launched in 2007 a new model - Vertu Ascent Ferrari 1947 Limited Edition.
12. Date and time, total time, number of ascents.
13. When, after many years of exploration, pioneers reach the foothills, the ascent looks formidable or impossible.
14. India's higher ascent is, however, far from assured.
15. We must abandon our ascent and go down the mountain immediately.
16. In recent years, the disputes and faults induced by power supply quality trend to ascent.
17. The ascent was not entirely smooth.
18. PH value appeared to have a decline trend after an initial ascent.
19. Nasa has Friday, Saturday and Sunday available to make an ascent.
20. Humour and charm are a surprisingly powerful combination as a means of ascent in life.
21. His rapid ascent in the social scale was surprising.
22. Aliyah literally means “ascent”, while leaving Israel is yeridah, “descent”.
23. I made on ascent of Mr.Tai last summer.
24. This “value” of appearance may be especially clear for those excluded from other means of social ascent.
25. Facebook passed 400 million active users in February and continued its ascent throughout the year.
26. They climbed by the steep ascent.
27. To avoid this, it is important to control your speed during the ascent.
28. In 1955 he led the first ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest mountain.
29. In short the ascent had been made much easier.
30. The Android's rapid ascent threatens to blunt Apple's lead in the market for high-end smartphones.
31. He made a rapid ascent up the executive ladder.
32. The ascent was very bad through a Scotch mist and rain.
33. It is at this point that the ascent of the hill begins.
34. The most dramatic step in a person's education is the ascent from the cave to the light of the outside world.
35. Their ascent reflects the world's shift in economic power from west to east.
36. Burke pushed the button and the elevator began its slow ascent.
37. The old man had difficulty climbing the rapid ascent.
38. The leader's ascent to power was rapid and unexpected.
39. The elevator makes the ascent only in 70 seconds.
40. The first part of the ascent is not steep.
41. Sebastian, approaching the man, asked some information concerning the least dangerous ascent to the Alp.
42. His own career continues its inexorable ascent.
43. The long ascent to the Alp from there seemed very weary and far to the traveller.
44. After his return, Yang reported the abnormal vibrations during the rocket's ascent to fellow scientists, who solved the issue before the Shenzhou VI's launch.
45. The ascent of the ridge was very awkward.
46. It would be wrong to portray his life as a calculated ascent to power at any cost.
47. The cart began its gradual ascent up the hill.
48. At the other side of the valley was a steep ascent to the top of the hill.
49. They still had to climb a steep ascent that lay behind Peter's hut.
50. The rocket steepened its ascent.
51. Burke pushed the button and the lift began its slow ascent.
52. It was a tough course over a gradual ascent before the big climb of Bluebell Hill.
53. The ascent of man from his original state to modern civilization.