Definition of rise | What does rise mean?
What is the definition of the word RISE?
Here is a list of definitions for rise.
- a growth in strength or number or importance
- the act of changing location in an upward direction
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
- a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
- the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- (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"
- an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
- increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"
What are the verbs of the word RISE?
Here is a list of definitions for rise.
- move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
- increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
- rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
- rise up; "The building rose before them"
- come to the surface
- 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"
- move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown"
- go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
- become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
- get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
- rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
- become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
- exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
- take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
- come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
- return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
What are the synonyms of the word RISE?
What is another word for RISE?. Here is a list of synonyms for RISE
- RISE
- ASCENT
- ASCENSION
- ASCENDING
- ACCLIVITY
- RAISE
- CLIMB
- UPGRADE
- RISING
- WAGE HIKE
- HIKE
- WAGE INCREASE
- SALARY INCREASE
- RISING SLOPE
- LIFT
- EMANATION
- PROCESSION
- BOOST
- COST INCREASE
- ADVANCE
- ARISE
- MOVE UP
- GO UP
- COME UP
- UPRISE
- GET UP
- STAND UP
- REAR
- SURFACE
- RISE UP
- ORIGINATE
- DEVELOP
- SPRING UP
- GROW
- ASCEND
- WAX
- MOUNT
- HEIGHTEN
- TURN OUT
- JUMP
- CLIMB UP
- REBEL
- PROVE
- RESURRECT
Words beginning with RISE?
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In which dictionaries does the word rise exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes