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ascensionas‧cen‧sion /əˈsenʃən/ noun  - A phoenix-like ascension has been threatened before, over these last long 16 years of derision and scorn.
- Since Mr Obasanjo's ascension, U.S. agencies have provided $ 109 million in political, economic and military assistance.
- Tumblejack's howling voice rose to a final ascension around her; her heart leapt in hope and renewed faith.
► the Ascension- And he is already preparing Christmas stamps for the Ascension Islands.
- Matthew doesn't mention the Ascension nor does John.
- The pattern is completed by the account of the Ascension and Pentecost as proper to Sunday.
1 the Ascension in the Christian religion, when Jesus Christ left the earth and went to heaven2[uncountable] formal when someone moves to a more important or higher position or job: his ascension to the ranks of senior management |