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Ascent

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Noun

1. acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade

an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

Example Sentences:
'the car couldn't make it up the rise'

2. ascension, ascent, rise, rising

a movement upward

Example Sentences:
'they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon'

3. ascending, ascension, ascent, rise

the act of changing location in an upward direction

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ascent

see synonyms of ascent
noun
1. 
the act of ascending; climb or upward movement
the ascent of hot gases
2. 
an upward slope; incline or gradient
3. 
movement back through time, as in tracing of earlier generations (esp in the phrase line of ascent)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Ascent

see synonyms of ascent
noun
1. 
the act of ascending, rising, or climbing
2. 
an advancement, as in rank, fame, etc.
3. 
a. 
a way leading up; upward slope; acclivity
b. 
the amount of such slope
an ascent of three degrees
4. 
a going back in time or in line of ancestry

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ascent

see synonyms of ascent
n.
1. The act or process of rising or going upward.
2. An advancement, especially in social status.
3. An upward slope or incline.
4. A going back in time or upward in genealogical succession.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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