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n. - An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.).

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  • In the mountains of wisdom no climbing is in vain.
  • Verb (used without object) : to climb up a ladder. ,The car laboriously climbed to the top of the mountain. ,The plane climbed rapidly and we were soon at...
  • Verb (used with object) : to climb a rope; to climb the stairs; to climb a mountain. ,The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped
  • Noun : It was a long climb to the top of the hill. ,That peak is quite a climb
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