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ascent - an upward slope or grade (as in a road); the car couldn't make it up the rise. acclivity, climb, upgrade, raise, rise. incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; he climbed the steep slope; the house was built on the side of a mountain.
Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade(noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) the car couldn't make it up the rise. 2  climb, climbing, mounting(noun) an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)