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An instance of rising or moving up through the air
“Mercifully, the plane's ascent stole her into the clouds, and the world below yielded to white sky.”
The action or fact of raising or being raised to a higher or more important level, state, or position
“For all the family's attempted ascent through the ranks of the nobility, it did not survive.”
An upward slope or path that one may walk or climb
“From this village, our road lay up a steep ascent to the northward.”
A climb or walk to the summit of a mountain or hill
“Elizabeth, in her riding habit, is about to begin her ascent up the mountain.”
The angle at which a straight line or plane is inclined to another
From poverty to exceptional wealth
A small hill or mound
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