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English to English noun
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a growth in strength or number or importance | source: wordnet30
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the act of changing location in an upward direction | source: wordnet30
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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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• they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
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the amount a salary is increased |
• he got a 3% raise
• he got a wage hike
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the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises | source: wordnet30
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a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground | source: wordnet30
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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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• they asked for a 10% rise in rates
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increase in price or value |
• the news caused a general advance on the stock market
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The act of rising, or the state of being risen. | source: webster1913 verb Example:
• The fog lifted
• The smoke arose from the forest fire
• The mist uprose from the meadows
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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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• The audience got up and applauded
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• The building rose before them
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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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move to a better position in life or to a better job |
• She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
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• Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
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• The tension heightened
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• I get up at 7 A.M. every day
• They rose early
• He uprose at night
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rise in rank or status |
• Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
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| 23 |
become heartened or elated |
• Her spirits rose when she heard the good news
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| 24 |
exert oneself to meet a challenge |
• rise to a challenge
• rise to the occasion
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take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | source: wordnet30 Example:
• the dough rose slowly in the warm room
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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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• Christ is risen!
• The dead are to uprise
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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. | source: webster1913
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To go up; to ascend; to climb; as, to rise a hill. | source: webster1913
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