montée

Definitions of montée
  1. noun
    a movement upward
    synonyms: ascension
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    types:
    rehaussement, élévation
    the event of something being raised upward
    type of:
    changement de lieu, déplacement
    a movement through space that changes the location of something
  2. noun
    an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
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    antonyms:
    descente, déclivité, pente
    a downward slope or bend
    type of:
    pente
    an elevated geological formation
  3. noun
    the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
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    type of:
    degré d'inclinaison, dénivellation
    the gradient of a slope or road or other surface
  4. noun
    a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
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    type of:
    vague
    one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
  5. noun
    the act of climbing something
    synonyms: ascension
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    types:
    alpinisme, escalade
    the activity of climbing a mountain
    type of:
    ascension
    the act of changing location in an upward direction
  6. noun
    the act of changing location in an upward direction
    synonyms: ascension
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    types:
    ascension
    the act of climbing something
    alpinisme, escalade
    the activity of climbing a mountain
    type of:
    déplacement, mouvement
    the act of changing location from one place to another
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