Noun: ascent u'sent
- The act of changing location in an upward direction
"The mountaineers' ascent of the peak took several gruelling hours";
- rise, ascension, ascending
- A movement upward; rise above the ground
"they cheered the ascent of the hot-air balloon";
- rise, rising, ascension
- An upward slope or grade (as in a road)
"The cyclists struggled with the steep ascent";
- acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade [N. Amer]
Sounds like: assent
Derived forms: ascents
Type of: change of location, incline, motion, move, movement, side, slope, travel
Antonym: fall
Encyclopedia: Ascent