Definition of 'ascent'

Noun

1. an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
      Synonyms: acclivity rise raise climb upgrade
      Antonyms: descent declivity fall decline declination declension downslope
2. a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
      Synonyms: rise rising ascension
      Antonyms: fall
3. the act of changing location in an upward direction
      Synonyms: rise ascension ascending

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