ascent
noun
[ əˈsɛnt ]
• a climb or walk to the summit of a mountain or hill.
• "the first ascent of the Matterhorn"
• an instance of rising or moving up through the air.
• "the first balloon ascent was in 1783"
Similar:
rise,
upward movement,
take-off,
lift-off,
launch,
blast-off,
climb,
levitation,
soaring,
jump,
leap,
Ascension,
Origin:
late 16th century: from ascend, on the pattern of the pair of descend, descent .
