ascent

1. An upward slope or grade (as in a road) (synset 109229873)
   "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
   is a type of: incline, side, slope - an elevated geological formation
   subtypes: uphill - the upward slope of a hill
   same as: acclivity, climb, raise, rise, upgrade
2. A movement upward (synset 107460080)
   "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
   is a type of: change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something
   subtypes:

   • climb, climbing, mounting - an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
   • elevation, lift, raising - the event of something being raised upward
   • heave, heaving - an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
   • liftoff - the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad
   • rapid climb, rapid growth, zoom - a rapid rise
   • takeoff - the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
   • upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust - (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
   • uplifting - the rise of something
   same as: ascension, rise, rising
3. The act of changing location in an upward direction (synset 100325210)
   is a type of: motion, move, movement - the act of changing location from one place to another
   subtypes:

   • levitation - the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means
   • heave, heaving - the act of lifting something with great effort
   • climb, mount - the act of climbing something
   • soar, zoom - the act of rising upward into the air
   same as: ascending, ascension, rise

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