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Noun
S:
(n)
ascent
,
acclivity
,
rise
,
raise
,
climb
,
upgrade
(an upward slope or grade (as in a road))
"the car couldn't make it up the rise"
S:
(n)
rise
,
rising
,
ascent
,
ascension
(a movement upward)
"they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
S:
(n)
rise
,
ascent
,
ascension
,
ascending
(the act of changing location in an upward direction)