əˈklɪv.ə.ti əˈsɛnd əˈsɛnt klaɪm klaɪm ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ ˈmaʊntɪŋ

increase in value or to a higher point prices climbed steeply the value of our house rose sharply last year improve one's social status This young man knows how to climb the social ladder the act of climbing something it was a difficult climb to the top go up or advance Sales were climbing after prices were lowered go upward with gradual or continuous progress Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house? move with effort, by grasping slope upward The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) the car couldn't make it up the rise