rise
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- n a growth in strength or number or importance
- n the act of changing location in an upward direction
- n an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
the car couldn't make it up the rise - n a movement upward
they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon - n the amount a salary is increased
- n the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- n a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- n (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- n an increase in cost
they asked for a 10% rise in rates - n increase in price or value
- v move upward
- v increase in value or to a higher point
- v rise to one's feet
- v rise up
- v come to the surface
- v come into existence; take on form or shape
- v move to a better position in life or to a better job
- v go up or advance
- v become more extreme
- v get up and out of bed
- v rise in rank or status
- v become heartened or elated
- v exert oneself to meet a challenge
rise to a challenge
rise to the occasion - v take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- v increase in volume
- v come up, of celestial bodies
The sun also rises - v return from the dead
Christ is risen!
The dead are to uprise
- Past predictions of sea-level rise owing to global warming were exaggerated, according to a new study.
- If mortgage costs rise a point, to 6.
- And in retrospect, the concurrent reporting on Dylan's early rise was ridiculous.