What does "ascent" mean?

The act of ascending; a motion upwards.

What is a synonym for "ascent"?

Common synonyms include: rise, abruptness, access, accession, acclivity, acclivity.

//əˈsɛnt// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
The act of ascending; a motion upwards. countable, uncountable
"He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc."
2
the act of changing location in an upward direction wordnet
3
The way or means by which one ascends. countable, uncountable
"There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux."
4
a movement upward; rise above the ground wordnet
5
An eminence, hill, or high place. countable, uncountable

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an upward slope or grade (as in a road) wordnet
7
The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness countable, uncountable
"The road has an ascent of 5 degrees."
8
The ascender height in a typeface. countable, uncountable
9
An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy countable, uncountable
"That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations."