English noun: ascent |
1. | ascent (object) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) |
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| Samples | The car couldn't make it up the rise.
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| Synonyms | acclivity, climb, raise, rise, upgrade |
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| Broader (hypernym) | incline, side, slope |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | uphill |
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| Antonyms | declivity, downslope, declination, declension, decline, fall, descent |
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2. | ascent (event) a movement upward |
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| Samples | They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon.
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| Synonyms | ascension, rise, rising |
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| Broader (hypernym) | change of location, travel |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | climb, climbing, elevation, heave, heaving, lift, liftoff, mounting, raising, rapid climb, rapid growth, takeoff, upheaval, uplift, uplifting, upthrow, upthrust, zoom |
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| Antonyms | fall |
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3. | ascent (act) the act of changing location in an upward direction |
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| Synonyms | ascending, ascension, rise |
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| Broader (hypernym) | motion, move, movement |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | climb, heave, heaving, levitation, mount, soar, zoom |
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