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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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ascentas‧cent /əˈsent/ noun 1 [countable usually singular]DSOUP the act of climbing something or moving upwards OPP descent the first ascent of Everest2 [countable usually singular]DSOUP a path or way up to the top of something, for example a mountain OPP descent a rugged and steep ascent3 [uncountable]POWER the process of becoming more important, powerful, or successful than before SYN rise OPP fallascent to the president’s ascent to power
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ascent• The final ascent of Kilimanjaro began at 5:00 a.m.• The men began their final ascent at six o'clock the next day.• He wrote a best-selling book about the first ascent of Everest.• Some of the four million annual visitors seem to find the mere ascent insufficiently fulfilling.• I leant against a rock and watched Will choose his line of ascent.• Yeltsin's ascent to the presidency of Russia• It's a steep ascent but the compensation is a swift gaining of the ridge.• The ascent had taken 4 hours!• Unfortunately this fell out on the third ascent.
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