Meaning of rise in English
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Pronunciation
/raɪz/US accent
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riseEtymology
Old English rīsan ‘make an attack’, ‘wake, get out of bed’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rijzen and German reisenDefinitions
1. move upwardExamples
- « The fog lifted »
- « The smoke arose from the forest fire »
- « The mist uprose from the meadows »
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- 2. increase in value or to a higher point
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- « prices climbed steeply »
- « the value of our house rose sharply last year »
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- 3. rise to one's feet
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- « The audience got up and applauded »
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- 4. rise up
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- « The building rose before them »
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- 5. come to the surface
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- 6. become more extreme
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- « The tension heightened »
- 7. come into existence
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- « 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 »
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- 8. be promoted, move to a better position
- 9. go up or advance
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- « Sales were climbing after prices were lowered »
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- 10. get up and out of bed
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- « I get up at 7 A.M. every day »
- « They rose early »
- « He uprose at night »
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- 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
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- 11. rise in rank or status
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- « Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list »
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- 12. increase in volume
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- « the dough rose slowly in the warm room »
- 13. become heartened or elated
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- « Her spirits rose when she heard the good news »
- 14. exert oneself to meet a challenge
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- « rise to a challenge »
- « rise to the occasion »
- 15. take part in a rebellion
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- « renounce a former allegiance »
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- 16. come up, of celestial bodies
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- « The sun also rises »
- « The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled... »
- « Jupiter ascends »
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- 17. return from the dead
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- « Christ is risen! »
- « The dead are to uprise »
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Noun
riseDefinitions
1. a growth in strength or number or importanceAntonyms
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- 2. the act of changing location in an upward direction
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- 3. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
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- « the car couldn't make it up the rise »
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- 4. a movement upward
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- « they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon »
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- 5. the amount a salary is increased
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- « he got a 3% raise »
- « he got a wage hike »
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- 6. the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
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- 7. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
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- 8. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
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- « 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 »
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- 9. an increase in cost
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- « they asked for a 10% rise in rates »
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- 10. increase in price or value
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- « the news caused a general advance on the stock market »
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Famous quotes
- « In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre they are, at the same time, poetry, criticism, narrative, drama, etc. » Juan Goytisolo
- « I'm not particularly a feminist, but if you get women off the animal cycle of reproduction and give them some say in how many children they'll have, immediately the floor will rise. » Christopher Hitchens
- « To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful. » Victor Hugo
- « I am excited to rise today to support National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. This celebration honors the husband and wife business owner teams whose work helps drive the economy and fuel job growth. » Melissa Bean
- « Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them no art can keep or acquire them. » Blaise Pascal