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ASCENSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of changing location in an upward direction
Synonyms:
ascending; ascension; ascent; rise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ascension" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascension"):
levitation (the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means)
heave; heaving (the act of lifting something with great effort)
climb; mount (the act of climbing something)
soar; zoom (the act of rising upward into the air)
Derivation:
ascend (travel up)
ascensional (tending to rise)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ascension" is a kind of...):
change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Derivation:
ascend (come up, of celestial bodies)
ascensional (tending to rise)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
Synonyms:
Ascension; Ascension of Christ
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Instance hypernyms:
miracle (a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent)
Domain category:
New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A movement upward
Example:
they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
Synonyms:
ascension; ascent; rise; rising
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("ascension" is a kind of...):
change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascension"):
climb; climbing; mounting (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))
elevation; lift; raising (the event of something being raised upward)
heave; heaving (an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling))
liftoff (the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad)
rapid climb; rapid growth; zoom (a rapid rise)
takeoff (the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne)
upheaval; uplift; upthrow; upthrust ((geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building))
uplifting (the rise of something)
Derivation:
ascend (travel up)
ascensional (tending to rise)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
Synonyms:
Ascension; Ascension Day; Ascension of the Lord
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Ascension" is a kind of...):
holy day of obligation (a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion)
Domain category:
Christian religion; Christianity (a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior)
