ascent
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
the car couldn't make it up the rise
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a movement upward
they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- fall antonym
- rise derivation
- ascend derivation
- uprise derivation
- ascensional derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of changing location in an upward direction
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
- levitation hyponym
- heave hyponym
- mount hyponym
- soar hyponym
Related & opposite
- get up derivation
- rise derivation
- ascend derivation
- get up derivation
- ascensional derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | declivity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | climb |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lift |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascend |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | climb |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | uphill |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | incline |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | uphill |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | fall |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascend |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | uprise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascensional |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change of location |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mounting |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | elevation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | heave |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | liftoff |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | zoom |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | takeoff |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | uplift |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | uplifting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | get up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascend |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | get up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascensional |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | levitation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | heave |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mount |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | soar |