rise
/raiz/
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Definition
Noun:
- An upward movement: The act of moving from a lower to a higher position or level.
- An increase: A growth in amount, number, intensity, value, or status.
- An upward slope: An area of ground that slopes upward.
- Origin or beginning: The point or process of coming into existence.
Verb:
- To move upward: To go from a lower to a higher position.
- To get up: To stand up from a sitting, kneeling, or lying position; to get out of bed.
- To increase: To become greater or more numerous in amount, intensity, value, or status.
- To ascend: To appear above the horizon (for celestial bodies).
- To rebel: To begin to oppose or fight against authority.
- To originate: To have a specified beginning or source.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- There has been a steady rise in global temperatures. (An increase)
- The road has a steep rise just around the corner. (An upward slope)
- His rapid rise to fame surprised everyone. (An advancement in status)
Verb:
- Please rise when the judge enters the courtroom. (To stand up)
- The sun rises in the east. (To appear above the horizon)
- Dough needs to rise before baking. (To increase in volume)
- The people decided to rise against the dictator. (To rebel)
Advanced Usage
- "to give rise to": To be the cause of something; to make something happen or begin.
- The new evidence could give rise to a retrial.
- "to rise to the occasion": To show that one can deal with a difficult situation successfully.
- When the team captain was injured, she rose to the occasion and led them to victory.
- "on the rise": Increasing in frequency, amount, or intensity.
- Inflation is on the rise again.
Variants and Related Words
- Riser (n): A person who gets out of bed; a vertical part between the treads of a staircase.
- He is an early riser.
- Rising (adj/n): Increasing; an act of rebellion.
- The rising cost of living. / The peasant rising was suppressed.
- Uprise (v): An archaic or poetic variant of 'rise'.
- Raise (v): A transitive verb meaning to cause something to rise.
- Please raise your hand.
Synonyms
- Noun: Increase, ascent, climb, advancement, upsurge, slope, hill.
- Verb: Ascend, climb, increase, grow, surge, stand up, get up, originate, revolt.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Rise above: To not allow something bad to affect you; to be superior to.
- She managed to rise above the criticism and continue her work.
- Rise up: To rebel or protest; to move upward.
- The citizens rose up against the unjust law.
- Rise to: To react to something, especially a challenge, in a positive way.
- He always rises to a good debate.
Related Idioms
- Rise and shine: A cheerful command to wake up and get out of bed.
- Rise and shine! It's a beautiful day.
- Rise from the ashes: To recover fully and successfully after a complete failure or destruction.
- The company managed to rise from the ashes of bankruptcy.
- Rise through the ranks: To advance to a higher position within an organization through a series of promotions.
- She rose through the ranks to become CEO.
Noun
- increase in price or value
- the news caused a general advance on the stock market
- an increase in cost
- they asked for a 10% rise in rates
- (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
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- the amount a salary is increased
- he got a 3% raise
- he got a wage hike
- a movement upward
- they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the car couldn't make it up the rise
- the act of changing location in an upward direction
- a growth in strength or number or importance
Verb
- return from the dead
- Christ is risen!
- The dead are to uprise
- come up, of celestial bodies
- The sun also rises
- The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
- Jupiter ascends
- increase in volume
- the dough rose slowly in the warm room
- take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- exert oneself to meet a challenge
- rise to a challenge
- rise to the occasion
- become heartened or elated
- Her spirits rose when she heard the good news
- rise in rank or status
- Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
- get up and out of bed
- I get up at 7 A.M. every day
- They rose early
- He uprose at night
- become more extreme
- The tension heightened
- go up or advance
- Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
- move to a better position in life or to a better job
- She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
- 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
- come to the surface
- rise up
- The building rose before them
- rise to one's feet
- The audience got up and applauded
- increase in value or to a higher point
- prices climbed steeply
- the value of our house rose sharply last year
- move upward
- The fog lifted
- The smoke arose from the forest fire
- The mist uprose from the meadows