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English noun: Ascension | |||
| 1. | Ascension (time) (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter | ||
| Synonyms | Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | holy day of obligation | ||
| Domain category | Christian religion, Christianity | ||
| 2. | ascension (event) a movement upward | ||
| Samples | They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon. | ||
| Synonyms | ascent, rise, rising | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of location, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | climb, climbing, elevation, heave, heaving, lift, liftoff, mounting, raising, rapid climb, rapid growth, takeoff, upheaval, uplift, uplifting, upthrow, upthrust, zoom | ||
| Antonyms | fall | ||
| 3. | Ascension (event) (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection | ||
| Synonyms | Ascension of Christ | ||
| Instance hypernym | miracle | ||
| Domain category | New Testament | ||
| 4. | ascension (event) (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of location, travel | ||
| Domain category | astronomy, uranology | ||
| 5. | ascension (act) the act of changing location in an upward direction | ||
| Synonyms | ascending, ascent, rise | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, move, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | climb, heave, heaving, levitation, mount, soar, zoom | ||
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