ascent

ascension, montée

Fait de monter ou d’atteindre une position plus élevée.

En anglais simple : The act of moving upward or reaching a higher position.

• The balloon began its ascent.
• The plane's steep ascent made me nervous.
• His ascent to power took only a few years.

Comment l'utiliser : ascent to something (Her ascent to the top of the company was rapid.)

Synonymes : rise, climb

Contraires : descent

Expressions courantes : rapid ascent, begin an ascent, ascent to power

ascension

Parcours à pied jusqu’au sommet d’une montagne ou d’une colline.

En anglais simple : A journey on foot up a mountain or hill to its top.

• The ascent took three hours.
• We began our ascent of the hill at dawn.
• They made the first winter ascent of that peak.

Comment l'utiliser : an ascent of something (They completed an ascent of the mountain in one day.)

Synonymes : climb

Contraires : descent

Expressions courantes : mountain ascent, first ascent, ascent of something

pente, inclinaison

Degré auquel une route ou une autre surface monte.

En anglais simple : How steeply a road or other surface slopes upward.

• The road has a gentle ascent.
• Engineers measured the railway's angle of ascent.
• The path's ascent reaches ten degrees near the summit.

Synonymes : gradient, inclination, steepness

Expressions courantes : angle of ascent, degree of ascent