ASCENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ascent mean?
• ASCENT (noun)
The noun ASCENT has 3 senses:
1. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
2. a movement upward
3. the act of changing location in an upward direction
Familiarity information: ASCENT used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ASCENT (noun)
Meaning:
An upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
acclivity; ascent; climb; upgrade; raise; rise
Context example:
the car couldn't make it up the rise
Hypernyms ("ascent" is a kind of...):
incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascent"):
uphill (the upward slope of a hill)
Antonym:
descent (a downward slope or bend)
Meaning:
A movement upward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
rising; ascent; ascension; rise
Context example:
they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
Hypernyms ("ascent" is a kind of...):
change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascent"):
uplifting (the rise of something)
upheaval; uplift; upthrow; upthrust ((geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building))
takeoff (the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne)
rapid climb; rapid growth; zoom (a rapid rise)
liftoff (the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad)
heave; heaving (an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling))
elevation; lift; raising (the event of something being raised upward)
climb; climbing; mounting (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))
Meaning:
The act of changing location in an upward direction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
ascending; rise; ascent; ascension
Hypernyms ("ascent" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascent"):
levitation (the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means)
heave; heaving (the act of lifting something with great effort)
climb; mount (the act of climbing something)
soar; zoom (the act of rising upward into the air)
