RISE (risen, rose)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rise mean? 

• RISE (noun)
  The noun RISE has 10 senses:

1. a growth in strength or number or importance

2. the act of changing location in an upward direction

3. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

4. a movement upward

5. the amount a salary is increased

6. the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

7. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

8. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

9. an increase in cost

10. increase in price or value

  Familiarity information: RISE used as a noun is familiar.

• RISE (verb)
  The verb RISE has 17 senses:

1. move upward

2. increase in value or to a higher point

3. rise to one's feet

4. rise up

5. come to the surface

6. come into existence; take on form or shape

7. move to a better position in life or to a better job

8. go up or advance

9. become more extreme

10. get up and out of bed

11. rise in rank or status

12. become heartened or elated

13. exert oneself to meet a challenge

14. take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

15. increase in volume

16. come up, of celestial bodies

17. return from the dead

  Familiarity information: RISE used as a verb is very familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A growth in strength or number or importance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

emergence; growth; outgrowth (the gradual beginning or coming forth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rise"):

crime wave (a sudden rise in the crime rate)

wave (something that rises rapidly)

spike (a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline)

Antonym:

fall (a sudden decline in strength or number or importance)

Derivation:

rise (become more extreme)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of changing location in an upward direction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ascending; ascension; ascent; rise

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rise"):

heave; heaving (the act of lifting something with great effort)

climb; mount (the act of climbing something)

soar; zoom (the act of rising upward into the air)

levitation (the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means)

Derivation:

rise (move upward)

rise (rise to one's feet)

rise (get up and out of bed)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An upward slope or grade (as in a road)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

acclivity; ascent; climb; raise; rise; upgrade

Context example:

the car couldn't make it up the rise

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rise"):

uphill (the upward slope of a hill)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A movement upward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

ascension; ascent; rise; rising

Context example:

they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rise"):

takeoff (the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne)

uplifting (the rise of something)

upheaval; uplift; upthrow; upthrust ((geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building))

rapid climb; rapid growth; zoom (a rapid rise)

liftoff (the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad)

heave; heaving (an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling))

elevation; lift; raising (the event of something being raised upward)

climb; climbing; mounting (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))

Antonym:

fall (a movement downward)

Derivation:

rise (move upward)

rise (come up, of celestial bodies)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The amount a salary is increased

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

hike; raise; rise; salary increase; wage hike; wage increase

Context example:

he got a wage hike

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

rise; rising slope; upgrade

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

grade (the gradient of a slope or road or other surface)

Derivation:

rise (go up or advance)

rise (rise up)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

lift; rise

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

moving ridge; wave (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))

Derivation:

rise (come to the surface)

Sense 8

Meaning:

(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

emanation; procession; rise

Context example:

the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

inception; origin; origination (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)

Domain category:

theological system; theology (a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings)

Derivation:

rise (return from the dead)

Sense 9

Meaning:

An increase in cost

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

boost; cost increase; hike; rise

Context example:

they asked for a 10% rise in rates

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Increase in price or value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

advance; rise

Context example:

the news caused a general advance on the stock market

Hypernyms ("rise" is a kind of...):

increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)

Derivation:

rise (increase in value or to a higher point)

• RISE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move upward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise

Context example:

The mist uprose from the meadows

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

climb; climb up; go up; mount (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)

ascend; come up; rise; uprise (come up, of celestial bodies)

steam (rise as vapor)

chandelle (climb suddenly and steeply)

uplift (lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces)

rocket; skyrocket (shoot up abruptly, like a rocket)

go up (be erected, built, or constructed)

soar; soar up; soar upwards; surge; zoom (rise rapidly)

scend; surge (rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave)

bubble (rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Antonym:

fall (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Also:

rise up (come to the surface)

Derivation:

rise (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

rise; rising (a movement upward)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Increase in value or to a higher point

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

climb; go up; rise

Context example:

the value of our house rose sharply last year

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

soar (go or move upward)

bull (advance in price)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The stock market is going to rise

Derivation:

rise (increase in price or value)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Rise to one's feet

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

arise; get up; rise; stand up; uprise

Context example:

The audience got up and applauded

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

take the floor (stand up to dance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue rise

Derivation:

rise (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

riser (a person who rises (especially from bed))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Rise up

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

lift; rear; rise

Context example:

The building rose before them

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

hulk; loom; predominate; tower (appear very large or occupy a commanding position)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

rise (the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Come to the surface

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

come up; rise; rise up; surface

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

ascend; go up (travel up)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

swell; well (come up, as of a liquid)

bubble up; intumesce (move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically)

resurface (reappear on the surface)

emerge (come up to the surface of or rise)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rise (a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Come into existence; take on form or shape

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

arise; develop; grow; originate; rise; spring up; uprise

Context example:

An interesting phenomenon uprose

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

become (come into existence)

Verb group:

develop (be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

resurge (rise again)

come forth; emerge (happen or occur as a result of something)

come; follow (to be the product or result)

swell; well up (come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things))

head (take its rise)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 7

Meaning:

Move to a better position in life or to a better job

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

ascend; move up; rise

Context example:

She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue rise

Sense 8

Meaning:

Go up or advance

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

climb; mount; rise; wax

Context example:

Sales were climbing after prices were lowered

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

increase (become bigger or greater in amount)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

jump (increase suddenly and significantly)

advance; gain (rise in rate or price)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

rise (the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Become more extreme

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

heighten; rise

Context example:

The tension heightened

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

increase (make bigger or more)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

rise (a growth in strength or number or importance)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Get up and out of bed

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

arise; get up; rise; turn out; uprise

Context example:

He uprose at night

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue rise

Derivation:

rise (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

riser (a person who rises (especially from bed))

Sense 11

Meaning:

Rise in rank or status

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

climb up; jump; rise

Context example:

Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 12

Meaning:

Become heartened or elated

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

Her spirits rose when she heard the good news

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 13

Meaning:

Exert oneself to meet a challenge

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

rise to the occasion

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

tackle; take on; undertake (accept as a challenge)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 14

Meaning:

Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

arise; rebel; rise; rise up

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

dissent; protest; resist (express opposition through action or words)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rise"):

revolt (make revolution)

mutiny (engage in a mutiny against an authority)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They rise

Derivation:

rising (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)

Sense 15

Meaning:

Increase in volume

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

prove; rise

Context example:

the dough rose slowly in the warm room

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 16

Meaning:

Come up, of celestial bodies

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

ascend; come up; rise; uprise

Context example:

Jupiter ascends

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The moon will soon rise

Antonym:

set (disappear beyond the horizon)

Derivation:

rise (a movement upward)

Sense 17

Meaning:

Return from the dead

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

resurrect; rise; uprise

Context example:

The dead are to uprise

Hypernyms (to "rise" is one way to...):

return (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before)

Verb group:

raise; resurrect; upraise (cause to become alive again)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rise ((theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost)

 Context examples 

He rose and laid a written paper upon a side-table.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That figure rises to one in 10 of those aged over 75.

(Air Pollution Can Trigger Glaucoma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Thornton rose to his feet. His eyes were wet.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Rising levels of planet-warming gases may reduce key nutrient levels in food crops, according to a new study.

(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)

The terminal dilation of an alveolar duct that gives rise to alveoli in the lung.

(Alveolar Sac, NCI Thesaurus)

"Fetch that stool," said Mr. Brocklehurst, pointing to a very high one from which a monitor had just risen: it was brought.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

An undifferentiated cell which can undergo division and can give rise to any of the early stage myeloid cells.

(Bone Marrow Stem Cell at the Earliest Stage of Myeloid Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)

A rise in the blood level of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in prostate cancer patients after treatment with surgery or radiation.

(Biochemical recurrence, NCI Dictionary)

The United Nations agency says rising temperatures are ushering in more extreme weather with huge socioeconomic impact.

(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)

I rose from my chair and he from his.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)