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n. The act or process of rising or going upward.

n. An advancement, especially in social status.

n. An upward slope or incline.

n. A going back in time or upward in genealogical succession.

n. The act of ascending. A motion upwards.

n. The way or means by which one ascends.

n. An eminence, hill, or high place.

n. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.

n. The ascender height in a typeface.

n. An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy

The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward

The way or means by which one ascends.

An eminence, hill, or high place.

The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.

n. The act of rising or ascending; upward movement: as, the ascent of vapors, or of a balloon.

n. Hence A rising from a lower to a higher state, degree, or grade; advancement.

n. The act of climbing or traveling up; the act of advancing from a lower to a higher position; a going up, as up a mountain, river, stairway, etc.

n. An eminence; a hill or high place.

n. The way by which one ascends; the means of ascending; acclivity; upward slope.

n. The angle made by an ascending line or surface with the horizontal line or plane: as, the road has an ascent of five degrees.

n. A proceeding upward or backward in time or in logical order of succession.

n. a movement upward

n. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

n. the act of changing location in an upward direction

"Bronowski summarizes a key factor in what he calls the ascent of Man, and one thing to keep in mind here is that he's not talking about some amazing engineering triumph or complex scientific discovery - he's standing before a piece of abstract sculpture."

song of ascents    line of ascent   

rise    inclination    climbing   

Bendt    Brent    Gent    Ghent    Kent    Lent    Tashkent    Trent    accent    assent   

climb    descent    incline    precipice    slope    elevation    journey    declivity    march    summit