ascent

About 3.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of ascending; a motion upwards.

   He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.

2. noun The way or means by which one ascends.

   There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.

3. noun An eminence, hill, or high place.
4. noun The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness

   The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.

5. noun The ascender height in a typeface.
6. noun An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy

Similar words

ascension rising upgrade rise ascending climb raise acclivity lift upturn

Often followed by

of to and from is in was into by

Word family

ascents