ascent

The act of ascending; a motion upwards.countableuncountable

• He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.

The way or means by which one ascends.countableuncountable

• There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.

An eminence, hill, or high place.countableuncountable

The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepnesscountableuncountable

• The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.

The ascender height in a typeface.countableuncountable

An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchycountableuncountable

• That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.