ascent
Other forms: ascents
If you are moving in an upward direction, that's an ascent, like your quick ascent from new group member last year to president this year.
An ascent, which comes from the Latin word ascendere, meaning "to climb up," is just that: a climb. An ascent can be physical, like an elevator's journey to the top floor, an airplane's upward motion, or your hike up a mountain. Ascent can also be a figurative climb, like a restaurant's dishwasher's whose hard work made his ascent to executive chef possible.
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a movement upwardtypes:climb, climbing, mountingan event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)liftoffthe initial ascent of a rocket from its launching padtakeoffthe initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborneupheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)upliftingthe rise of somethingtype of:
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the act of changing location in an upward directiontypes:levitationthe act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic meansscalingascent by or as if by a ladderclamberan awkward climbrock climbingthe sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment)
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
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