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