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Noun rise has 10 senses
- rise - a growth in strength or number or importance
--1 is a kind of emergence, outgrowth, growth
Antonyms: fall, downfall
--1 has particulars: crime wave; wave; spike
- rise, ascent, ascension, ascending - the act of changing location in an upward direction
--2 is a kind of motion, movement, move
--2 has particulars:
- ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade - an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
--3 is a kind of slope, incline, side
--3 has particulars: uphill
- rise, rising, ascent, ascension - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
--4 is a kind of change of location, travel
Antonyms: fall
--4 has particulars: | | climb, climbing, mounting; elevation, lift, raising; heave, heaving; liftoff; rapid climb, rapid growth, zoom; takeoff; upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust; uplifting |
- raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase - the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"
--5 is a kind of increase, increment
- upgrade, rise, rising slope - the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
--6 is a kind of grade
- lift, rise - a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
--7 is a kind of wave, moving ridge
- emanation, rise, procession - (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"
--8 is a kind of origin, origination, inception
- rise, boost, hike, cost increase - an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
--9 is a kind of increase, increment
- advance, rise - increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"
--10 is a kind of increase, step-up
Verb rise has 17 senses
- rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Antonyms: descend, fall, go down, come down
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- rise, go up, climb - increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
--2 is one way to grow
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The stock market is going to rise
- arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up - rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
--3 is one way to change posture
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Sam and Sue rise
- rise, lift, rear - rise up; "The building rose before them"
--4 is one way to look, appear, seem
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- surface, come up, rise up, rise - come to the surface
--5 is one way to ascend, go up
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- heighten, rise - become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
--6 is one way to increase
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- originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow - 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"
--7 is one way to become
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- move up, rise - be promoted, move to a better position
--8 is one way to change
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- wax, mount, climb, rise - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
--9 is one way to increase
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- get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise - get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
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Sam and Sue rise
- rise, jump, climb up - rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
--11 is one way to change
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- rise, prove - increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
--12 is one way to grow
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- rise - become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
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- rise - exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
--14 is one way to undertake, tackle, take on
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- rebel, arise, rise, rise up - take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
--15 is one way to protest, resist, dissent
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They rise
- rise, come up, uprise, ascend - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
--16 is one way to rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
Antonyms: set, go down, go under
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The moon will soon rise
- resurrect, rise, uprise - return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
--17 is one way to return, go back, get back, come back
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