Ascent is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ASCENT in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a going up
• a climb or walk to the summit of a mountain or hill
• an upward slope or path that one may walk or climb
• an instance of rising or moving up through the air
• a rise to a higher social or professional rank
• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
• a movement upward
• the act of changing location in an upward direction
• act of ascending
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the act of ascending
• The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.
• The way or means by which one ascends.
• An eminence, hill, or high place.
• The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.

Words related to ASCENT

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Words that contain ASCENT

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How to use ASCENT in a sentence

• The valley was so difficult of ascent that the foremost men could not struggle up it unless assisted by those behind.
• Taking Dean with me, I proceeded to the south of the camp to ascertain the most convenient ascent of the rocky hills which bounded the plain.
• Lauener joined me immediately, and we mutually congratulated each other on the success of the ascent.
• Previous to reaching this place I had noticed a haggard expression upon the countenance of our guide, which was now intensified by the prospect of the ascent before him.
• Then Adelaide gave a very gentle little sigh and started the ascent.
• He had already gained the ascent which commanded a view of the rich sweep of country that reposed below.
• They also prepare an ascent into it by successive branches of the trees, extended from the trunk and firmly connected together.
• But hardly had we begun the descent before we saw the large and handsome town below, but still with a long slope and a sharp ascent to be passed, before we could reach it.
• We here passed over to the left side of the creek and began the ascent of a very high and steep mountain nine miles across.
• The country being more broken, the lower and higher levels are brought at many points more closely together than on the Mexican ascent.
• At Inversnaid we took boat again to go down Loch Lomond to the little inn of Rowardennan, from which the ascent is made of Ben Lomond, the greatest elevation in these parts.
• He made an ascent in an observation balloon, with two French officers.
• To get back to town by way of their roundabout ascent would waste time.
• Before steam power was applied to the propulsion of boats, the ascent of the Mississippi was very difficult.
• In the midst thereof there was likewise such another ascent and gate as we said there was on the river-side.
• We begin the ascent of the second hill which appears in the fallen night a mountain.
• The Americans were posted upon an eminence of gentle ascent, covered with an open wood.
• Pretty views may also be obtained from Park Road, a long zigzag ascent which finally joins the Lynton road.
• The trail had been more like stairs than a road in its steep ascent, and our camp was at a narrow pass in the range.
• In this eternal flux, the only repose was to be found in the harmony that occasionally resulted from one portion of the Fire in its descent meeting another in its ascent.
• They carry their great loads of rice and salt from Therria to Cherrapunji, an ascent of about 4,000 feet in some three to four miles, in the day.
• The fact is the ascent was nearly uninterrupted during the day, the highest point traversed being about 6,000 feet.
• The plants occur during the ascent, as in the descent.
• Those who take the rooms still higher are usually able to make the ascent in the common way.
• I looked at my watch, and found that it was nearly three hours since they had begun their ascent.
• He expected a fall in the mercury owing to the ascent, but it was greater than the height alone warranted.
• Hodge again attempted the ascent in which he had failed the year before.
• Imagine the labor of conveying such a vessel sixty-five miles, from the railroad to this lake, up an ascent of more than three thousand feet.

Similar words containing ASC without suffix ent

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