[ɹ_ˈaɪ_z], [ɹˈa͡ɪz], [ɹˈaɪz]
Definitions of rise
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an upward slope or grade ( as in a road); " the car couldn't make the grade"
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increase in price or value; " the news caused a general advance on the stock market"
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get up and out of bed; " I get up at 7 A. M. every day"; " They rose early"; " He uprose at night"
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move upward; " The fog lifted"; " The smoke arose from the forest fire"; " The mist uprose from the meadows"
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rise to one's feet; " The audience got up and applauded"
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take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
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come up, of celestial bodies; " The sun also rises"; " The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; " Jupiter ascends"
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the act of changing location in an upward direction
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a movement upward; " they cheered the rise of the hot- air balloon"
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an increase in cost; " they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
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increase in value or to a higher point; " prices climbed steeply"; " the value of our house rose sharply last year"
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go up or advance; " Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
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rise in rank or status; " Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
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come to the surface
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the amount a salary is increased; " he got a 3% raise"; " he got a wage hike"
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rise up; " The building rose before them"
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be promoted, move to a better position
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the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
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a growth in strength or number or importance
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a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
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return from the dead; " Christ is risen!"; " The dead are to uprise"
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( 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"
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an upward slope or grade ( as in a road); " the car couldn't make it up the rise"
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become more extreme; " The tension heightened"
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exert oneself to meet a challenge; " rise to a challenge"; " rise to the occasion"
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become heartened or elated; " Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
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increase in volume; " the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
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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"
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Rising.
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To go up; to ascend; to climb; as, to rise a hill.
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To cause to rise; as, to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water; to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it; to raise.
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To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.
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To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
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To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
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To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer.
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To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.
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To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
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To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.
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To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction.
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To retire; to give up a siege.
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To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
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To have the aspect or the effect of rising.
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To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.
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To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore.
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To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
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To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
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To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.
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To become of higher value; to increase in price.
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To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
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To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
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In various figurative senses.
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To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
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To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
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To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
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To come; to offer itself.
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To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
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To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
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To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
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The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
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The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.
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Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
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Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
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Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.
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Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
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Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
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Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
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The spring of a fish to seize food ( as a fly) near the surface of the water.
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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: - ( a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait.
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To increase in power or fury; - said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.
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To become larger; to swell; - said of a boil, tumor, and the like.
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To increase in intensity; - said of heat.
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To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; - said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
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To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; - said of a form.
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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; get up from kneeling, sitting, or lying down; swell in quantity, height, or extent; as, the river will rise; to increase in price, value, force, or ntensity; as, his ire rose; appear above the horizon; come into existence; originate; be promoted; rebel; as, they fear that the natives will rise; ascend from the grave.
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The act of going up; ascent; distance anything goes up; a place higher than the land around it; act of beginning to appear; origin; source; increase in price, value, force, etc.; advance in rank, power, or distinction.
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Rose.
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Risen.
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To move from a lower to a higher position: to ascend: to grow upward: to swell in quantity or extent: to take an upright position: to leave the place of rest: to tower up: to appear above the horizon: to break forth: to appear: to have its source: to increase in size, value, etc.: to become excited or hostile: to break forth into commotion or insurrection: to increase in rank, fortune, or fame: to come to mind: to close a session: ( B.) to ascend from the grave:- pa. t. rose; pa. p. risen.
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Act of rising: ascent: degree of elevation: a steep: origin: increase: advance: ( mus.) elevation of the voice.
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Act of rising; ascent; increase; origin.
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To move to a higher position; ascend; leave a place of rest; appear; increase in price, rauk, & c.; have its source; break forth.
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To advance from a lower to a higher position; stand up; to grow or slope upward; to originate; emerge; prosper; to revolt.
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The act of rising; elevation; an elevated palce; advance, asin price, rank, etc.
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The act of rising; ascent; elevation; origin; appearance above; increase; advance in rank, honour, or fame.
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To ascend; to get up; to grow; to swell; to appear above; to spring; to begin to stir; to increase; to be promoted; to be roused; to be raised; to amount; to close a session.
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To ascend; to move upward; to get up, as from a recumbent position; to get up from rest or repose; to spring or grow; to begin to appear or to exist; to increase; to advance, as in price; to gain elevation in position; to break forth; to be elevated above the surface; to have its source in; to commence; to make insurrection; to be roused; to close a sitting, as a court of justice, or Parliament; in Scrip., to be revived from death.
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Act of rising; ascent; elevation; source; beginning; increase; advance, as in value.
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Usage examples for rise
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I cannot rise and give thee. – The Prodigal Returns by Lilian Staveley
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He helped her to rise then she perceived that Captain Raymond and Violet were in the room. – Elsie at Nantucket by Martha Finley
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Must get back before sun rise – The Lost Warship by Robert Moore Williams
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Rise then, and tell me. – Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by St. George Tucker
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Shake them off; rise above them. – Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
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But he did not sleep, and in the morning could not manage to rise – The Red Fairy Book by Various
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But no man can rise to great note as a lawyer without a party. – The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
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13, 672. Did he get a rise of rent? – Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie
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Can you sit and rise with grace? – The Cricket by Marjorie Cooke
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For this reason the opportunity is one to which we may hope to rise – Ireland In The New Century by Horace Plunkett
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Can it ever rise again? – Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by Gertrude Landa
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One by one they will rise up and go out in silence. – Trail Tales by James David Gillilan
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Rise and answer me one question- are you rich?" – Old Fritz and the New Era by Louise Muhlbach
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The great beast tried to rise as he stepped closer. – Son of Power by Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost
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Sheila saw him rise – The Trail to Yesterday by Charles Alden Seltzer
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" Don't go, Mabel," said her husband, as she made a movement to rise – Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson
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As yet, Clarissa cannot rise out of the depression that fell upon her when Horace's treachery was first made known to her. – Faith and Unfaith by Duchess
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I watched, expecting her to rise again- but no. – Hurricane Hurry by W.H.G. Kingston
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Presently he saw Breitmann rise – A Splendid Hazard by Harold MacGrath
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Right, Irene; Rome is bound up with me, and we will rise or fall together! – Rienzi by Edward Bulwer Lytton