Ascent — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

a movement upward

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæmpstuːl/

🇬🇧British English

/ɐsˈɛnt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɐsˈɛnt/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæmpstuːl/.

Examples

the car couldn't make it up the rise
they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

upgrade rise ascending acclivity climb raise ascension rising

Antonyms

fall descent

Parts of Speech

noun	an upward slope or grade (as in a road) “the car couldn't make it up the rise”
noun	a movement upward “they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon”
noun	the act of changing location in an upward direction

Word Forms

ascend	verb	slope upwards
acclivitous	adjective	sloping upward
raise	verb	raise from a lower to a higher position
climb	verb	slope upward
rise	verb	come up, of celestial bodies
ascensional	adjective	tending to rise

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Aufstieg

ein ansteigendes Gefälle oder Gefälle (wie bei einer Straße)

🇫🇷French

ascension

une pente ou une pente ascendante (comme dans une route)

🇪🇸Spanish

ascenso

una pendiente o pendiente ascendente (como en una carretera)

🇮🇹Italian

salita

un pendio o una pendenza in salita (come in una strada)

🇳🇱Dutch

beklimming

een opwaartse helling of helling (zoals op een weg)

🇵🇹Portuguese

subida

uma inclinação ascendente ou declive (como em uma estrada)

🇷🇺Russian

восхождение

восходящий уклон или уклон (как на дороге)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आरोहण

ऊपर की ओर ढलान या ग्रेड (जैसे सड़क में)

🇧🇩Bengali

আরোহণ

একটি ঊর্ধ্বগামী ঢাল বা গ্রেড (একটি রাস্তার মতো)

🇮🇳Tamil

ஏற்றம்

மேல்நோக்கிய சாய்வு அல்லது தரம் (சாலையில் இருப்பது போல)

🇮🇳Telugu

అధిరోహణ

పైకి వాలు లేదా గ్రేడ్ (రహదారిలో వలె)

🇮🇳Marathi

आरोहण

वरचा उतार किंवा दर्जा (रस्त्याप्रमाणे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચઢાણ

ઉપરનો ઢોળાવ અથવા ગ્રેડ (રસ્તાની જેમ)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಆರೋಹಣ

ಮೇಲ್ಮುಖವಾದ ಇಳಿಜಾರು ಅಥವಾ ದರ್ಜೆ (ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವಂತೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

കയറ്റം

മുകളിലേക്കുള്ള ചരിവ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഗ്രേഡ് (ഒരു റോഡിലെന്നപോലെ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚੜ੍ਹਾਈ

ਇੱਕ ਉੱਪਰ ਵੱਲ ਢਲਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਗ੍ਰੇਡ (ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਇੱਕ ਸੜਕ ਵਿੱਚ)

🇵🇰Urdu

چڑھائی

اوپر کی طرف ڈھلوان یا درجہ (جیسے سڑک میں)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

上升

向上的斜坡或坡度（如道路）

🇯🇵Japanese

上昇

上り坂または勾配（道路など）

🇰🇷Korean

오르막

위쪽 경사 또는 경사면(도로에서와 같이)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đi lên

độ dốc hoặc cấp độ hướng lên (như trên đường)

🇹🇭Thai

ขึ้น

ความลาดชันหรือระดับที่สูงขึ้น (เช่นในถนน)

🇮🇩Indonesian

pendakian

kemiringan atau tanjakan ke atas (seperti di jalan)

🇵🇭Filipino

pag-akyat

isang pataas na dalisdis o grado (tulad ng sa isang kalsada)

🇲🇾Malay

pendakian

cerun atau gred menaik (seperti di jalan raya)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

صعود

منحدر أو درجة تصاعدية (كما هو الحال في الطريق)

🇮🇷Persian

صعود

شیب یا درجه رو به بالا (مانند جاده)

🇹🇷Turkish

yükseliş

yukarı doğru bir eğim veya eğim (bir yolda olduğu gibi)

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַעֲלֶה

שיפוע או שיפוע כלפי מעלה (כמו בכביש)

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