ascension

1. 1.

   (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter

   SynonymsAscension DayAscension of the Lord

   Broaderholy day of obligation

   Christianity

2. 2.

   a movement upward

   “they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon”

   Synonymsriserisingascent

   Broaderchange of location

   Narrowerclimbelevationheaveliftoffrapid climbtakeoffupheavaluplifting
3. 3.

   (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection

   SynonymsAscension of Christ

   Broadermiracle

   New Testament

4. 4.

   (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon

   Broaderchange of location

   astronomy

5. 5.

   the act of changing location in an upward direction

   Synonymsriseascentascending

   Broadermotion

   Narrowerlevitationheaveclimbsoar

Other forms of ascension

plural

ascensions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ascension

What does ascension mean?

ascension means "(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ascension?

ascension has 3 syllables: a-scen-sion. The stress falls on "scen". In IPA it is /əˈsɛnʃən/.

What is another word for ascension?

Close synonyms include Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord, rise, rising, ascent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ascension a common word?

ascension is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ascension?

2 words rhyme with ascension. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.