[əˈsɛnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a climb or walk to the summit of a mountain or hill
(e.g: the first ascent of the Matterhorn)

- an instance of rising or moving up through the air
(e.g: the first balloon ascent was in 1783)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: from ascend, on the pattern of the pair of descend, descent