🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

ascesa

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ascesa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ascent/əˈsɛnt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La ripida ascesa è durata due ore."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of ascending or moving upward.

    "The steep ascent left us breathless."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Synonyms (2)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'ascendere', a compound of 'ad-' (to, toward) and 'scandere' (to climb). Entering Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, the term originally denoted the physical act of climbing or moving upward, later extending metaphorically to social advancement and historical retrospection, closely linked to the Italian inflection 'risalire' (to reascend or date back).

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Ascent"?

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Ascent"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Ascent" Synonym Map