rise in English dictionary

  • rise

    Meanings and definitions of "rise"

    • The action of moving upwards.
    • (chiefly UK) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc); a raise.
    • The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
    • (UK, Irish) An increase in someone's pay rate.
    • (Sussex) A small hill (chiefly place names).
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    • (intransitive) To move upwards.
    • (intransitive, of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation
    • (intransitive) To be resurrected
    • (intransitive) of a quantity, price, etc, To increase.
    • To awake.
    • noun
      Alternative form of [i]rice (“twig”)[/i]
    • noun
      The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
    • noun
      The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
    • noun
      (chiefly Britain)
      An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
    • noun
      The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
    • noun
      (Britain, Ireland, Australia)
      An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise ( US).
    • noun
      (Sussex)
      A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
    • noun
      An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
    • noun
      (informal)
      An angry reaction.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To increase in value or standing.
    • verb
      To begin; to develop.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To go up; to ascend; to climb.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cause to go up or ascend.
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      To retire; to give up a siege.
    • verb
      To come; to offer itself.
    • verb
      (printing, dated)
      To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
    • rise (steeply)
    • To move upwards
    • of a celestial body: to appear to move from behind the horizon
    • to be resurrected
    • of a quantity, etc: to increase
    • action of moving upwards
    • increase (in a quantity, price, etc)
    • (to) rise
    • be (brim) full of
    • noun
      an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
    • noun
      an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
    • noun
      a growth in strength or number or importance
    • noun
      a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
    • noun
      a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
    • noun
      increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"
    • noun
      (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
      the act of changing location in an upward direction
    • noun
      the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"
    • noun
      the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
    • verb
      become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
    • verb
      become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
    • verb
      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
      come to the surface
    • verb
      come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
    • verb
      exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
    • verb
      get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
    • verb
      go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
    • verb
      increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
    • verb
      increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
    • verb
      move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown"
    • verb
      move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
    • verb
      return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
    • verb
      rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
    • verb
      rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
    • verb
      rise up; "The building rose before them"
    • verb
      take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

    Synonyms of "rise" in English dictionary

    seem, emergence, prove are the top synonyms of "rise" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "rise" in English dictionary

    sit down, go to bed, fall are the top antonyms of "rise" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of rise

    • rise ( plural  rises)
    • rose, risen; he rises, be rising lp  liczba pojedyncza rise lm  liczba mnoga rises
    • rise ( third-person singular simple present rises, present participle rising, simple past rose, past participle risen)
    • rise (plural rises)
    • rise (third-person singular simple present rises, present participle rising, simple past rose, past participle risen)
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