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–noun

1.	an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement: the ascent of a balloon.

2.	movement upward from a lower to a higher state, degree, grade, or status; advancement: His ascent to the governorship came after a long political career.

3.	the act of climbing or traveling up: Three climbers attempted the ascent of Mount Rainier.

4.	the way or means of ascending; upward slope; acclivity.

5.	a movement or return toward a source or beginning.

6.	the degree of inclination; gradient: a steep ascent.

[Origin: 1590–1600; deriv. of ascend, on the model of descent

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n.

The act or process of rising or going upward.
An advancement, especially in social status.
An upward slope or incline.
A going back in time or upward in genealogical succession.

[From ascend, on the model of descent.]

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ascent
noun
1.	an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [ant: declension]
2.	a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" [syn: rise] [ant: fall]
3.	the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn: rise]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
aˈscent1 [-t] noun

the act of climbing or going up
Example: The ascent of Mount Everest.

Arabic:	صُعود، تَسَلُّـق
Chinese (Simplified):	登高
Chinese (Traditional):	登高
Czech:	výstup
Danish:	opstigning; bestigning
Dutch:	beklimming
Estonian:	tõus
Finnish:	nousu
French:	ascension
German:	die Besteigung
Greek:	σκαρφάλωμα
Hungarian:	megmászás
Icelandic:	uppganga
Indonesian:	pendakian
Italian:	ascesa, scalata

Japanese:	登り
Korean:	올라가기
Latvian:	kāpšana
Lithuanian:	kopimas, kilimas
Norwegian:	oppstigning, bestigning
Polish:	wejście
Portuguese (Brazil):	escalada
Portuguese (Portugal):	subida
Romanian:	ascensiune
Russian:	восхождение
Slovak:	výstup
Slovenian:	vzpon
Spanish:	ascensión
Swedish:	bestigning, uppstigning, uppfärd
Turkish:	çıkış, tırmanış

aˈscent2 [-t] noun

a slope upwards
Example: a steep ascent

Arabic:	مُنْحَدَر إلى أعْلى
Chinese (Simplified):	斜坡
Chinese (Traditional):	斜坡
Czech:	svah
Danish:	stigning
Dutch:	helling
Estonian:	tõusev kallak
Finnish:	rinne
French:	montée
German:	der Aufstieg
Greek:	πλαγιά
Hungarian:	emelkedő
Icelandic:	brekka upp í móti
Indonesian:	tanjakan
Italian:	salita

Japanese:	上り坂
Korean:	오르막길
Latvian:	stāvums
Lithuanian:	šlaitas
Norwegian:	motbakke, stigning
Polish:	wzniesienie
Portuguese (Brazil):	aclive
Portuguese (Portugal):	subida
Romanian:	urcuş
Russian:	подъём
Slovak:	svah
Slovenian:	vzpon
Spanish:	cuesta, pendiente
Swedish:	stigning
Turkish:	yokuş, bayır

See also: ascendancy/ascendency, ascend, ascend the throne

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Ascent

As*cent"\ [Formed like descent, as if from a F. ascente, fr. a verb ascendre, fr. L. ascendere. See Ascend, Descent.]

1. The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

To him with swift ascent he up returned. --Milton.

2. The way or means by which one ascends.

3. An eminence, hill, or high place. --Addison.

4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.

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