ascension

«ascension» in Mova's school dictionary: the event when, Christians believe, Jesus rose up into… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (the Ascension; an ascension, ascensions)

meaning for a pupil

1) (church, Bible) The Ascension is the event when, Christians believe, Jesus rose up into heaven forty days after he rose from the dead. tree →

2) (formal) An ascension is the act of rising or going up. tree →

3) (formal) Coming to a high position, such as a king coming to the throne (more often «accession»). tree →

sense in the lessons

In religious education, Ascension Day is a Christian feast day; the story is told in the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. Ascension Island is a small island in the Atlantic. In formal writing «ascension» means going up, like a balloon's ascension. Phrases: «Ascension Day», «the Ascension of Jesus», «the ascension of a balloon».

examples

• Christians remember the Ascension of Jesus on Ascension Day. tree →
• The Bible says Jesus was taken up into a cloud at his Ascension. tree →
• Our church window shows the Ascension. tree →
• We watched the slow ascension of the hot-air balloon. tree →
• Ascension Island is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. tree →
• The climbers' ascension of the mountain took three days. tree →
• The vicar explained the Ascension to the children. tree →

note

Capital A for the Christian feast. In everyday words, «ascent» is more common for climbing or rising. Related: ascend (verb), ascent. «Accession» is the usual word for a king or queen coming to the throne.

In the corpora

• Forty days after Easter Jesus was taken up into heaven; this is called the Ascension.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ascension» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.