1. An upward slope or grade (as in a road)
   - acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade [N. Amer] 
2. A movement upward
   - rise, rising, ascension 
3. The act of changing location in an upward direction
   - rise, ascension, ascending

Sounds like: assent

Derived forms: ascents

See also: ascend

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

Antonym: descent

Encyclopedia: Ascent

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