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Meaning of rise
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rise
n 1: a growth in strength or number or importance [ant:
{downfall}, {fall}]
2: the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn:
{rise}, {ascent}, {ascension}, {ascending}]
3: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't
make it up the rise" [syn: {ascent}, {acclivity}, {rise},
{raise}, {climb}, {upgrade}] [ant: {declension},
{declination}, {decline}, {declivity}, {descent},
{downslope}, {fall}]
4: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air
balloon" [syn: {rise}, {rising}, {ascent}, {ascension}] [ant:
{fall}]
5: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he
got a wage hike" [syn: {raise}, {rise}, {wage hike}, {hike},
{wage increase}, {salary increase}]
6: the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises [syn:
{upgrade}, {rise}, {rising slope}]
7: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground [syn:
{lift}, {rise}]
8: (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" [syn: {emanation}, {rise},
{procession}]
9: an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
[syn: {rise}, {boost}, {hike}, {cost increase}]
10: increase in price or value; "the news caused a general
advance on the stock market" [syn: {advance}, {rise}]
v 1: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the
forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn:
{rise}, {lift}, {arise}, {move up}, {go up}, {come up},
{uprise}] [ant: {come down}, {descend}, {fall}, {go down}]
2: increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed
steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
[syn: {rise}, {go up}, {climb}]
3: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" [syn:
{arise}, {rise}, {uprise}, {get up}, {stand up}] [ant: {lie},
{lie down}, {sit}, {sit down}]
4: rise up; "The building rose before them" [syn: {rise},
{lift}, {rear}]
5: come to the surface [syn: {surface}, {come up}, {rise up},
{rise}]
6: 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" [syn: {originate},
{arise}, {rise}, {develop}, {uprise}, {spring up}, {grow}]
7: move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She
ascended from a life of poverty to one of great [syn:
{ascend}, {move up}, {rise}]
8: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were
lowered" [syn: {wax}, {mount}, {climb}, {rise}] [ant: {wane}]
9: become more extreme; "The tension heightened" [syn:
{heighten}, {rise}]
10: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They
rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: {get up}, {turn
out}, {arise}, {uprise}, {rise}] [ant: {bed}, {crawl in},
{go to bed}, {go to sleep}, {hit the hay}, {hit the sack},
{kip down}, {retire}, {sack out}, {turn in}]
11: rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the
bestseller list" [syn: {rise}, {jump}, {climb up}]
12: become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard
the good news"
13: exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge";
"rise to the occasion"
14: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn:
{rebel}, {arise}, {rise}, {rise up}]
15: increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
[syn: {rise}, {prove}]
16: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun
uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
[syn: {rise}, {come up}, {uprise}, {ascend}] [ant: {go
down}, {go under}, {set}]
17: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to
uprise" [syn: {resurrect}, {rise}, {uprise}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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