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Word: ascent (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An eminence, hill, or high place.
  • The act of ascending. A motion upwards.
  • The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.
  • The way or means by which one ascends.
  • typography The ascender height in a typeface.

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