| 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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