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1. An upward slope or grade (as in a road)
   - acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade [N. Amer]
    
2. A movement upward; rise above the ground
   "they cheered the ascent of the hot-air balloon";
   - rise, rising, ascension
    
3. The act of changing location in an upward direction
   - rise, ascension, ascending

Sounds like: assent

Derived forms: ascents

Type of: change of location, incline, motion, move, movement, side, slope, travel

Encyclopedia: Ascent