Definitions of RISE in various dictionaries:
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a growth in strength or number or importance
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the act of changing location in an upward direction
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
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a movement upward
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the amount a salary is increased
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the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
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a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
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(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
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an increase in cost
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increase in price or value
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move upward
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increase in value or to a higher point
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rise to one's feet
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rise up
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come to the surface
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come into existence
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move to a better position in life or to a better job
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go up or advance
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become more extreme
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get up and out of bed
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rise in rank or status
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become heartened or elated
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exert oneself to meet a challenge
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take part in a rebellion
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increase in volume
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come up, of celestial bodies
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return from the dead
To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
To get out of bed: rose at dawn.
To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend: Hot air rises.
To increase in size, volume, or level: The river rises every spring.
To increase in number, amount, or value: Prices are rising.
To increase in intensity, force, or speed: The wind has risen.
To increase in pitch or volume: The sound of their voices rose and fell.
To appear above the horizon: The sun rises later in the fall.
To extend upward; be prominent: The tower rose above the hill.
To slant or slope upward: Mount McKinley rises to 6,197.
To come into existence; originate.
To be erected: New buildings are rising in the city.
To appear at the surface of the water or the earth; emerge.
To puff up or become larger; swell up: The bread dough should rise to double its original size.
To become stiff and erect.
To attain a higher status: an officer who rose through the ranks.
To become apparent to the mind or senses: Old fears rose to haunt me.
To uplift oneself to meet a demand or challenge: She rose to the occasion and won the election.
To return to life.
To rebel: “the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government” (Abraham Lincoln).
To close a session of an official assembly; adj ourn.
To cause to rise.
To cause (a distant object at sea) to become visible above the horizon by advancing closer.
The act of rising; ascent.
The degree of elevation or ascent.
The appearance of the sun or other celestial body above the horizon.
An increase in height, as of the level of water.
A gently sloped hill.
A long, broad elevation that slopes gently from the earth’s surface or the ocean floor.
An origin, a beginning, or a source: the rise of a river.
Occasion or opportunity: facts that give rise to doubts about her motives.
The emergence of a fish seeking food or bait at the water’s surface.
An increase in price, worth, quantity, or degree.
An increase in intensity, volume, or pitch.
Elevation in status, prosperity, or importance: the family’s rise in New York society.
The height of a flight of stairs or of a single riser.
An increase in salary or wages; a raise.
An angry or irritated reaction: finally got a rise out of her.
verb - to move upward