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Meaning of rise in English
Pronunciation
/raɪz/
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Verb
rise
Etymology
Old English rīsan ‘make an attack’, ‘wake, get out of bed’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rijzen and German reisen
Definitions
1.
move upward
Examples
« The fog lifted »
« The smoke arose from the forest fire »
« The mist uprose from the meadows »
Antonyms
descend
fall
go down
come down
2.
increase in value or to a higher point
Examples
« prices climbed steeply »
« the value of our house rose sharply last year »
3.
rise to one's feet
Examples
« The audience got up and applauded »
Antonyms
sit down
sit
lie down
lie
4.
rise up
Examples
« The building rose before them »
5.
come to the surface
6.
become more extreme
Examples
« The tension heightened »
7.
come into existence
Examples
« take on form or shape »
« A new religious movement originated in that country »
« a love that sprang up from friendship »
« the idea for the book grew out of a short story »
« An interesting phenomenon uprose »
8.
be promoted, move to a better position
9.
go up or advance
Examples
« Sales were climbing after prices were lowered »
Antonyms
wane
10.
get up and out of bed
Examples
« I get up at 7 A.M. every day »
« They rose early »
« He uprose at night »
Antonyms
go to bed
turn in
bed
crawl in
kip down
hit the hay
hit the sack
sack out
go to sleep
retire
go to bed
turn in
bed
crawl in
kip down
hit the hay
hit the sack
sack out
go to sleep
retire
11.
rise in rank or status
Examples
« Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list »
12.
increase in volume
Examples
« the dough rose slowly in the warm room »
13.
become heartened or elated
Examples
« Her spirits rose when she heard the good news »
14.
exert oneself to meet a challenge
Examples
« rise to a challenge »
« rise to the occasion »
15.
take part in a rebellion
Examples
« renounce a former allegiance »
16.
come up, of celestial bodies
Examples
« The sun also rises »
« The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled... »
« Jupiter ascends »
Antonyms
set
go down
go under
17.
return from the dead
Examples
« Christ is risen! »
« The dead are to uprise »
Noun
rise
Definitions
1.
a growth in strength or number or importance
Antonyms
fall
downfall
2.
the act of changing location in an upward direction
3.
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Examples
« the car couldn't make it up the rise »
Antonyms
descent
declivity
fall
decline
declination
declension
downslope
4.
a movement upward
Examples
« they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon »
Antonyms
fall
5.
the amount a salary is increased
Examples
« he got a 3% raise »
« he got a wage hike »
6.
the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
7.
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
8.
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
Examples
« the emanation of the Holy Spirit »
« the rising of the Holy Ghost »
« the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son »
9.
an increase in cost
Examples
« they asked for a 10% rise in rates »
10.
increase in price or value
Examples
« the news caused a general advance on the stock market »