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Meaning of rise in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /raɪz/

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  1. 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. 2. increase in value or to a higher point

    Examples

    • « prices climbed steeply »
    • « the value of our house rose sharply last year »
  3. 3. rise to one's feet

    Examples

    • « The audience got up and applauded »

    Antonyms

    • sit down
    • sit
    • lie down
    • lie
  4. 4. rise up

    Examples

    • « The building rose before them »
  5. 5. come to the surface
  6. 6. become more extreme

    Examples

    • « The tension heightened »
  7. 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. 8. be promoted, move to a better position
  9. 9. go up or advance

    Examples

    • « Sales were climbing after prices were lowered »

    Antonyms

    • wane
  10. 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. 11. rise in rank or status

    Examples

    • « Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list »
  12. 12. increase in volume

    Examples

    • « the dough rose slowly in the warm room »
  13. 13. become heartened or elated

    Examples

    • « Her spirits rose when she heard the good news »
  14. 14. exert oneself to meet a challenge

    Examples

    • « rise to a challenge »
    • « rise to the occasion »
  15. 15. take part in a rebellion

    Examples

    • « renounce a former allegiance »
  16. 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. 17. return from the dead

    Examples

    • « Christ is risen! »
    • « The dead are to uprise »
  18. Noun

    rise

    Definitions

    1. a growth in strength or number or importance

    Antonyms

    • fall
    • downfall
  19. 2. the act of changing location in an upward direction
  20. 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
  21. 4. a movement upward

    Examples

    • « they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon »

    Antonyms

    • fall
  22. 5. the amount a salary is increased

    Examples

    • « he got a 3% raise »
    • « he got a wage hike »
  23. 6. the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
  24. 7. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
  25. 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 »
  26. 9. an increase in cost

    Examples

    • « they asked for a 10% rise in rates »
  27. 10. increase in price or value

    Examples

    • « the news caused a general advance on the stock market »

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