"ascension" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈsɛnʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-ascension.wav [US] Forms: ascensions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ascencioun, from Old French ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem (“ascent”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ascencioun}} Middle English ascencioun, {{der|en|fro|ascension}} Old French ascension, {{der|en|la|ascēnsiō|ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem|ascent}} Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem (“ascent”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ascension (countable and uncountable, plural ascensions)
  1. The act of ascending; an ascent. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of ascending): ascensión [feminine] (Asturian), күтәрелеү (kütərelew) (Bashkir), ҡалҡыу (qalqıw) (Bashkir), издигане (izdigane) (Bulgarian), изкачване (izkačvane) (Bulgarian), възход (vǎzhod) (Bulgarian), ascensió [feminine] (Catalan), 上升 (Shàngshēng) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 提升 (Tíshēng) (Chinese), stoupání (Czech), vzestup (Czech), hemelvaart (Dutch), nouseminen (Finnish), nousu (Finnish), ascension [feminine] (French), ascensión [feminine] (Galician), ამაღლება (amaɣleba) (Georgian), ასვლა (asvla) (Georgian), აღმასვლა (aɣmasvla) (Georgian), Aufstieg [masculine] (German), Aufsteigen [neuter] (German), ανάβαση (anávasi) [feminine] (Greek), felszállás (Hungarian), felemelkedés (Hungarian), ascensione [feminine] (Italian), kakenga (Maori), برایش (barâyeš) (Persian), طلوع (tolu') (Persian), ascensão [feminine] (Portuguese), подъём (podʺjóm) [masculine] (Russian), ascensión [feminine] (Spanish), esgyniad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ascension-en-noun-Y2BJfH8c Disambiguation of 'the act of ascending': 94 2 4
  2. A transcendence of the material world; a transition to a higher form, state, or plane of existence. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ascension-en-noun-yeQrl7cR
  3. That which rises, as from distillation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ascension-en-noun-FZvrcSdq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 7 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oblique ascension, right ascension Related terms: ascend, descension, accession

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "word": "ამაღლება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "asvla",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "word": "ასვლა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aɣmasvla",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "word": "აღმასვლა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufstieg"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Aufsteigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anávasi",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ανάβαση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "word": "felszállás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "word": "felemelkedés"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ascensione"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "word": "kakenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "barâyeš",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "word": "برایش"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tolu'",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "word": "طلوع"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ascensão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podʺjóm",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подъём"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ascensión"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the act of ascending",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esgyniad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ascension"
}

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