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RISE

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Irregular inflected forms: risen    , rose   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of changing location in an upward direction

Synonyms:

ascending; ascension; ascent; rise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rise"):

levitation (the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means)

heave; heaving (the act of lifting something with great effort)

climb; mount (the act of climbing something)

soar; zoom (the act of rising upward into the air)

Derivation:

rise (get up and out of bed)

rise (move upward)

rise (rise to one's feet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Increase in price or value

Example:

the news caused a general advance on the stock market

Synonyms:

advance; rise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)

Derivation:

rise (increase in value or to a higher point)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

Synonyms:

rise; rising slope; upgrade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

grade (the gradient of a slope or road or other surface)

Derivation:

rise (go up or advance)

rise (rise up)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The amount a salary is increased

Example:

he got a wage hike

Synonyms:

hike; raise; rise; salary increase; wage hike; wage increase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An increase in cost

Example:

they asked for a 10% rise in rates

Synonyms:

boost; cost increase; hike; rise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A growth in strength or number or importance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

emergence; growth; outgrowth (the gradual beginning or coming forth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rise"):

crime wave (a sudden rise in the crime rate)

wave (something that rises rapidly)

spike (a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline)

Antonym:

fall (a sudden decline in strength or number or importance)

Derivation:

rise (become more extreme)

Sense 7

Meaning:

(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

Example:

the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son

Synonyms:

emanation; procession; rise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

inception; origin; origination (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)

Domain category:

theological system; theology (a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings)

Derivation:

rise (return from the dead)

Sense 8

Meaning:

A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

Synonyms:

lift; rise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

moving ridge; wave (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))

Derivation:

rise (come to the surface)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A movement upward

Example:

they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon

Synonyms:

ascension; ascent; rise; rising

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rise"):

uplifting (the rise of something)

upheaval; uplift; upthrow; upthrust ((geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building))

takeoff (the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne)

rapid climb; rapid growth; zoom (a rapid rise)

liftoff (the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad)

heave; heaving (an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling))

elevation; lift; raising (the event of something being raised upward)

climb; climbing; mounting (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))

Antonym:

fall (a movement downward)

Derivation:

rise (move upward)

rise (come up, of celestial bodies)

Sense 10

Meaning:

An upward slope or grade (as in a road)

Example:

the car couldn't make it up the rise

Synonyms:

acclivity; ascent; climb; raise; rise; upgrade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rise"):

uphill (the upward slope of a hill)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get up and out of bed

Example:

He uprose at night

Synonyms:

arise; get up; rise; turn out; uprise

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue rise

Derivation:

rise (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

riser (a person who rises (especially from bed))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Return from the dead

Example:

The dead are to uprise

Synonyms:

resurrect; rise; uprise

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

return (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before)

Verb group:

raise; resurrect; upraise (cause to become alive again)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rise ((theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Increase in value or to a higher point

Example:

the value of our house rose sharply last year

Synonyms:

climb; go up; rise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

soar (go or move upward)

bull (advance in price)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The stock market is going to rise

Derivation:

rise (increase in price or value)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Rise in rank or status

Example:

Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list

Synonyms:

climb up; jump; rise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 5

Meaning:

Become more extreme

Example:

The tension heightened

Synonyms:

heighten; rise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

increase (make bigger or more)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

rise (a growth in strength or number or importance)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Go up or advance

Example:

Sales were climbing after prices were lowered

Synonyms:

climb; mount; rise; wax

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

increase (become bigger or greater in amount)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

jump (increase suddenly and significantly)

advance; gain (rise in rate or price)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

rise (the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Exert oneself to meet a challenge

Example:

rise to the occasion

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

tackle; take on; undertake (accept as a challenge)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 8

Meaning:

Become heartened or elated

Example:

Her spirits rose when she heard the good news

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 9

Meaning:

Move upward

Example:

The mist uprose from the meadows

Synonyms:

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

ascend; come up; rise; uprise (come up, of celestial bodies)

steam (rise as vapor)

chandelle (climb suddenly and steeply)

uplift (lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces)

bubble (rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles)

rocket; skyrocket (shoot up abruptly, like a rocket)

go up (be erected, built, or constructed)

soar; soar up; soar upwards; surge; zoom (rise rapidly)

climb; climb up; go up; mount (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)

scend; surge (rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Antonym:

fall (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Also:

rise up (come to the surface)

Derivation:

rise (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

rise; rising (a movement upward)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Move to a better position in life or to a better job

Example:

She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown

Synonyms:

ascend; move up; rise

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue rise

Sense 11

Meaning:

Come up, of celestial bodies

Example:

Jupiter ascends

Synonyms:

ascend; come up; rise; uprise

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The moon will soon rise

Antonym:

set (disappear beyond the horizon)

Derivation:

rise (a movement upward)

Sense 12

Meaning:

Increase in volume

Example:

the dough rose slowly in the warm room

Synonyms:

prove; rise

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 13

Meaning:

Rise to one's feet

Example:

The audience got up and applauded

Synonyms:

arise; get up; rise; stand up; uprise

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

take the floor (stand up to dance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue rise

Derivation:

rise (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

riser (a person who rises (especially from bed))

Sense 14

Meaning:

Come to the surface

Synonyms:

come up; rise; rise up; surface

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

ascend; go up (travel up)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

swell; well (come up, as of a liquid)

bubble up; intumesce (move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically)

resurface (reappear on the surface)

emerge (come up to the surface of or rise)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rise (a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground)

Sense 15

Meaning:

Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

Synonyms:

arise; rebel; rise; rise up

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

dissent; protest; resist (express opposition through action or words)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

revolt (make revolution)

mutiny (engage in a mutiny against an authority)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They rise

Derivation:

rising (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)

Sense 16

Meaning:

Come into existence; take on form or shape

Example:

An interesting phenomenon uprose

Synonyms:

arise; develop; grow; originate; rise; spring up; uprise

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

become (come into existence)

Verb group:

develop (be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

resurge (rise again)

come forth; emerge (happen or occur as a result of something)

come; follow (to be the product or result)

swell; well up (come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things))

head (take its rise)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 17

Meaning:

Rise up

Example:

The building rose before them

Synonyms:

lift; rear; rise

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

hulk; loom; predominate; tower (appear very large or occupy a commanding position)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

rise (the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises)

Credits

 Context examples: 

And at last the man yielded with a heavy heart, and took the rose; and said he would give the lion whatever should meet him first on his return.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“If you will do her that favour, Copperfield,” replied Mr. Micawber, rising.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Something in their island environment must have kept their blood pressure from rising.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Between 2000 and 2010, they rose by another 0.48°C (0.86°F).

(Retreat of Yakutat Glacier, NASA)

A primitive, undifferentiated blood cell which can undergo division and will give rise to a cell in the basophil lineage.

(Bone Marrow Stem Cell Committed to the Basophil Lineage, NCI Thesaurus)

An impulse that gives rise to sensations of pain.

(Nociceptive Stimulus, NCI Thesaurus)

Impulse giving rise to sensations of pain.

(Nociceptive Impulse, NCI Thesaurus)

A stem cell found in adult neural tissue that can give rise to neurons and glial (supporting) cells.

(Neural stem cell, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Colony-forming cells which give rise to neoplasms.

(Murine Tumor Stem Cells, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A group of testicular cancers that begin in the germ cells (cells that give rise to sperm).

(Non-Seminomatous Lesion, NCI Dictionary)

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