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Meaning rise meaning

What does rise mean?
Definitions in simple English

rise Noun

— A rise is an increase in something, is when something gets higher. I got a pay rise so now I can buy a bigger car.

rise Verb

— When you rise, you get up from where you are sitting or lying down. I rise from bed in the morning. He rose from his seat very quickly. — When something rises, it goes up. The airplane rose off the ground.

rise

— verb (= lift, arise, uprise) move upward The fog lifted The smoke arose from the forest fire The mist uprose from the meadows — verb (= climb) increase in value or to a higher point prices climbed steeply the value of our house rose sharply last year — verb (= get up) rise to one's feet The audience got up and applauded — verb rise up The building rose before them — noun a growth in strength or number or importance — verb (= surface) come to the surface — verb (= heighten) become more extreme The tension heightened — verb (= ascend) move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great — verb (= originate, uprise, spring up, grow) 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 — verb (= climb) go up or advance Sales were climbing after prices were lowered — verb (= get up, uprise) get up and out of bed I get up at 7 A.M. every day They rose early He uprose at night — verb (= jump) rise in rank or status Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list — noun the act of changing location in an upward direction — verb become heartened or elated Her spirits rose when she heard the good news — verb exert oneself to meet a challenge rise to a challenge rise to the occasion — verb (= come up, uprise, ascend) come up, of celestial bodies The sun also rises The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled... Jupiter ascends — verb increase in volume the dough rose slowly in the warm room — noun (= rising) a movement upward they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon — noun the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises — noun (= raise, wage hike, hike) the amount a salary is increased he got a 3% raise he got a wage hike — noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road) the car couldn't make it up the rise — verb (= rebel) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance — noun an increase in cost they asked for a 10% rise in rates — noun (= emanation, procession) (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 — noun (= lift) a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground — noun (= advance) increase in price or value the news caused a general advance on the stock market — verb (= uprise) return from the dead Christ is risen! The dead are to uprise

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rise English » English

get up increase stand up ascend go up climb arise swell grow ascent uprise stand lift rising raise come up elevation rise up mount growth soar jump origin come out appear tower move up advance spring up hike revolt rebel originate emerge climb up take off start expand beginning ascension upsurge upgrade up swell up surge spring rear occur heighten heave

Topics rise topics

What do people use rise to talk about?
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move up
States Quantity More

Increase
Grammar Very Degree

To a larger degree
States Quality Shape Horizontal

Leaning, sloping
Universe, creation Sky

Sun
Universe, creation Sky Sun

Moon

  • What words refer to how the moon moves?
    rise set sink
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Wind
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Cloud
Universe, creation World Solid, liquid, gas

Gas
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Flow
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Tide
Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Pain
Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Fever

  • What words refer to a fever increasing?
    rise
Language and thought Think Learn

Evaluate, test
Social behavior Authority

Status
Daily life Food Types of food Cooking ingredients

Leaven

  • What words refer to what happens to food when leaven is added?
    rise ferment
Physical actions Posture

Stand
States Big Distance

High

  • What words refer to becoming high?
    rise soar
States Location Direction

Up

  • What words indicate that a path or road goes upward?
    go up climb rise
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Wave
Person

Life
Social behavior Authority Submit to authority

Rebel against authority
Daily life Food Food preparation

Steps in food preparation
Person Body functions

Breathe, breath
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble

Respond to trouble
Daily life Sleep

Wake up
Work and occupation Working with buildings

Building
Physical actions Move Travel Travel by water

Dive

Conjugation rise conjugation

How do you conjugate rise?

rise · verb

Examples rise examples

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Simple sentences

One in four consumers thinks that prices will continue to rise in the future.
Vandalism is on the rise.
The rise in house prices enabled him to sell his house at a big profit.
If the sun were to rise in the west, I wouldn't change my mind.
If the sun were to rise in the west, I would never give up the plan.
Hit the ball on the rise.
Why did you turn down his request for a pay rise?
Even if the sun were to rise in the west, I would not change my mind.
However, as living standards gradually came to rise, more and more people began to have their own bathrooms at home.
Such a behavior gives rise to problem.
Such a plan will give rise to many problems.
It may give rise to serious trouble.
This policy resulted in a great rise in prices.
The roof of the high rise building overlooks the whole town.
Interest rates will rise due to monetary tightening.
Environmental changes gave rise to new species.
The rise and fall of the sea is governed by the moon.
The lesson of this story is not that reading Shakespeare will help one rise in the business world.
Yeast makes dough rise.
In the long run, prices will rise.

Movie subtitles

Within a century of their construction, the decline of the East and the rise of the West had begun.
And the consequences - the birth of the nation-state and the rise of capitalism - would lead to a remarkable reversal of fortunes.
The rise of the clock, and later the portable watch, went hand in hand with the rise of Europe and the spread of Western civilization.
And in the same way, without water, there's nothing to allow the atoms - the carbon and oxygen and trace elements - to form the molecules that would give rise to the chemistry of life.
Who do you think will rise to the top?
For you, I rise to the occasion, riding you with self-flagellation.
This city will rise from the ashes and turn into something more beautiful than she ever was.
If you help me, you will have an unimpeded rise to the top.
Rise and shine, darling.
Day and night the stakes were burning, so that the plague wouldn't rise.
The sun did not rise yet - red guerrillas left the village, abandoned their native village to the villain Pavlo.
Thou shalt take its place but for a few moments, and then rise again, even as I have risen.
And thou shalt rise again.
Young lady, would you get up so I can see the son rise?
My ancestors would rise from their graves.
I've no time now but, believe me, as surely as the moon will set and the sun will rise, I shall kill you tomorrow night.
I am so cramped with duty that to be able to read a book. I have to rise in the middle of the night.
If I am an upstart, Your Majesty. I glory in it, for l owe my rise to your favors.
Someone better than anyone I've ever seen here, Must rise up before I'd give my consent. Ah, David.
When you first come in here. You envy me rise. You'll make nothing of this!
Tomorrow, the sun will rise.
I never seem to be able to rise above a toothache.
Wilfred, we'll have to hurry. if we want to see the moon rise over the Downs.
The sun might rise in the west.
I'm on my way now to Glen Arden. all set to prove they'll rise to a Parmacheene Belle.
Rise, please.
Where sun rise, white man's land.
Can I rise up beside you?
When was it that you asked it to specially rise up next to you, and you say it rises up everywhere now?
Make our ancestors flag rise again remembering the glorious days of Michael the Brave and Stephen the Great.
Rise!
The larvae have to rise to the surface to breathe.
Do you think you could rise to such an opportunity?
Rise and shine!
Don't shout, your temperature is going to rise.
MASTER DOUGLAS, RISE.
WILLIAM SMITH, PLEASE RISE.
Rise, Sir Robin.

News and current affairs

But if real interest rates rise significantly, as well they might someday, gold prices could plummet.
The rise of right-wing populism reflects revived yearnings for pure national communities that keep immigrants and minorities out.
If foreign financing is not forthcoming, yields on US government debt will rise and the US economy will fall back into recession.
In particular, the rise of emerging markets has challenged traditional Western deductive and inductive logic.
Governments, civil society, and the private sector must rise to the challenge, cooperating to find and implement creative solutions.
The most critical issue isn't any rise or fall in emissions. It is how much climate damage we can avoid.
Only one-party rule would guarantee the continuing rise of China and put an end to centuries of national humiliation.
Some leaders, such as Nelson Mandela, rise to the historic occasion, against all odds.
US per capita greenhouse gas emissions, already the highest of any major nation when Bush took office, have continued to rise.
In March, a leaked Bush administration report showed that US emissions were expected to rise almost as fast over the next decade as they did during the previous decade.
In traditional Western European markets, health officials should brace for a rise in the number of deaths from drug overdoses, as this year's bumper opium crop will lead to higher-purity doses of heroin.
Doctors are on strike, taxes are on the rise, the parties in government are mauling each other, and Chancellor Angela Merkel herself proclaimed in a prominent speech that the country is in disastrous shape.
This decline coincided with a rise in the surface temperature of the neighboring Indian Ocean, a hint that the decline in rainfall is in fact part of the longer-term process of man-made global warming.
The new battle of lifestyles has given rise to new enemies of open societies, such as the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
After all, desertification and deforestation helped fuel the rise, two decades earlier, of the Maoist guerilla group Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) in Peru.
But the Taliban's rapid rise in the 1990's was inextricably linked to the failure of irrigation systems.
Other contenders, like Abu Jihad and Abu Iyad, were assassinated, and Faisal al-Husseini - the only major leader to rise to prominence within the West Bank and Gaza Strip - died young.
In the US, when oil prices go up, incomes in Texas and Montana rise, which means that these states then contribute more tax revenue to the federal budget, thereby helping out the rest of the country.
The most critical issue isn't any rise or fall in emissions.
Indeed, ever since the Industrial Revolution, the rise of light manufacturing has driven a dramatic rise in national income.

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