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rise

UK/ɹaɪz/ US/ɹaɪs/ common informal uk

verb

1.

move upward

  • “The fog lifted”
  • “The smoke arose from the forest fire”
  • “The mist uprose from the meadows”
2.

increase in value or to a higher point

  • “prices climbed steeply”
  • “the value of our house rose sharply last year”
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3.

rise to one''s feet

  • “The audience got up and applauded”
4.

rise up

  • “The building rose before them”
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5.
6.

become more extreme

  • “The tension heightened”
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7.

come into existence; 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

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9.

go up or advance

  • “Sales were climbing after prices were lowered”
Antonyms
10.

get up and out of bed

  • “I get up at 7 A.M. every day”
  • “They rose early”
  • “He uprose at night”
11.

rise in rank or status

  • “Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list”
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12.

increase in volume

  • “the dough rose slowly in the warm room”
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13.

become heartened or elated

  • “Her spirits rose when she heard the good news”
14.

exert oneself to meet a challenge

  • “rise to a challenge”
  • “rise to the occasion”
16.

come up, of celestial bodies

  • “The sun also rises”
  • “The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...”
  • “Jupiter ascends”
Antonyms
17.

return from the dead

  • “Christ is risen!”
  • “The dead are to uprise”

noun

1.

a growth in strength or number or importance

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3.

an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

  • “the car couldn”
4.

a movement upward

  • “they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon”
Antonyms
5.

the amount a salary is increased

  • “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

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8.

(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

  • “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

  • “they asked for a 10% rise in rates”
10.

increase in price or value

  • “the news caused a general advance on the stock market”
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Origin

From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, rise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to rise, spring”). See also raise. Cognates Cognate with Dutch rijzen (“to rise”), German reisen (“to fall”), Limburgish rieze (“to rise”), Faroese and Icelandic rísa (“to rise”), Norwegian Nynorsk risa, rise (“to rise”), Gothic *𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*reisan, “to rise”) (whence 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”)). Non-Germanic cognates include Cornish ardh (“height”), Irish arad, ard, árd (“high, tall”), Manx ard (“high, tall”), Scottish Gaelic àrd (“high”), Welsh ardd (“hill, upland”), Latin orior (“to rise”), Ancient Greek ἔρις (éris, “quarell, strife; contention, rivalry”) (whence Greek έριδα (érida, “feud”)), Albanian rashë (“to have fallen; to have flopped”), Bulgarian ръст (răst, “size; stature; growth”), Czech růst (“growth”), Macedonian раст (rast, “growth, height”), Polish rost, wzrost (“growth”), Russian рост (rost, “growth”), Serbo-Croatian ра̑ст, rȃst (“growth”), Slovene rȃst (“growth”), Old Armenian յառնեմ (yaṙnem, “to arise, rise”) (whence Arme...

Phrases

  • a rising tide lifts all boats
  • dead rise
  • Fraser Rise
  • get a rise
  • get a rise from
  • get a rise out of
  • give rise to
  • God willing and the creek don't rise
  • high-rise syndrome
  • Lord willing and the creek don't rise
  • rise above
  • rise and shine

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