Ascension Meaning
/əˈsɛnʃən/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of ascending; an ascent.
nounA transcendence of the material world; a transition to a higher form, state, or plane of existence.
Sentence Examples
The ascension to the top was challenging.
The company's ascension to success was rapid.
We celebrated the ascension of the new leader to the throne.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The king's ____ to the throne was celebrated with a grand ceremony.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The king's ____ to the throne was celebrated with a huge parade.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English ascencioun, from Old French ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem (“ascent”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It seems that they existed in some sort of previous incarnation of our universe, and use abstract terms to describe their existence, such as "feeding on concepts". They prepared for some sort of ascension, but then the Pattern came, which they describe at first as an all-consuming emptiness, elaborating by saying that anything that passed into it was torn asunder, subjected to a set of principles and order that grinds things down to nothing, in a process of which entropy is just one part."
— 2019 January 7, “Exploring the SCP Foundation: Pattern Screamers” (6:12 from the start), in The Exploring Series, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2023:
"vaporous ascensions from the stomach"
— 1683, Thomas Browne, “Observations upon Several Plants Mention’d in Scripture”, in Certain Miscellany Tracts:
"In contrast to red pilled ascension thinking, our sample on r/IncelExit urged users to exit inceldom by engaging those strategies for the sake of personal wellbeing and new social capital."
— 2023, Ruxandra Mihaela Gheorghe, David Yuzva Clement, “'It's time to put the copes down and get to work’: a qualitative study of incel exit strategies on r/IncelExit”, in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, number 1:
"For a relatively unpromising scrap of land – 88 square kilometres of infertile shore and mountain – Ascension attracted a lot of interest."
— 2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 453:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The king's ____ to the throne was celebrated with a grand ceremony.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The king's ____ to the throne was celebrated with a huge parade.