What is the definition of ascent?

Question

What is the definition of ascent?

Answer 1

Noun

1. The act or process of rising or going upward. 2. An advancement, especially in social status. 3. An upward slope or incline. 4. A going back in time or upward in genealogical succession.

Answer 2

it means an upward travel. For example you "ascend" a mountain. Your trip up a mountain would be your "ascent."

Answer 3

noun

1. an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement: the ascent of a balloon.  

2. movement upward from a lower to a higher state, degree, grade, or status; advancement: His ascent to the governorship came after a long political career.  

3. the act of climbing or traveling up: Three climbers attempted the ascent of Mount Rainier.  

4. the way or means of ascending; upward slope; acclivity.  

5. a movement or return toward a source or beginning.  

6. the degree of inclination; gradient: a steep ascent.  

Origin: 1590–1600; deriv. of ascend, on the model of descent