ascentnoun
uk/əˈsent/us/əˈsent/ascent noun (CLIMB)
[ C usually singular ] the act of climbing or moving upwards:
She made her first successful ascent of Everest last year.
As the plane made its ascent, we saw thick smoke coming from one engine.
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Moving upwards
- arise
- ascend
- be on an upward/downward trajectory idiom
- bristle
- clamber
- climb
- come
- come up
- descent
- heave
- levitate
- pull
- rear
- rise
- scale
- scramble
- shinny
- soar
- take off
- trajectory
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ascent noun (SLOPE)
[ C ] a slope, path, or road that goes up something:
We struggled up the slippery ascent.
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Up and upward
- climbing
- heavenward
- perpendicular
- skyward
- up
- uphill
- uplift
- uplifted
- upper
- uppermost
- upright
- upturned
- upward
- upwards
- vertical
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Roads & routes in general
ascent noun (TO HIGHER POSITION)
[ S ] formal the fact of starting to become successful:
His ascent to power was rapid and unexpected.
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Success and achievements
- a feather in your cap idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- a roaring success idiom
- accomplishment
- achievement
- belt
- boom
- every dog has its day idiom
- feat
- feather
- fruition
- have sth under your belt idiom
- he who laughs last, laughs longest/best idiom
- laugh
- prospect
- quantum leap
- sellout
- success
- success story
- the dizzy heights of sth idiom
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