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rise   (TTS Sound)

The noun rise has 10 senses

• rise -- (a growth in strength or number or importance)


• rise, ascent, ascension, ascending -- (the act of changing location in an upward direction)


• ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade -- (an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise")


• rise, rising, ascent, ascension -- (a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon")


• 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")


• upgrade, rise, rising slope -- (the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises)


• lift, rise -- (a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground)


• 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")


• rise, boost, hike, cost increase -- (an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates")


• advance, rise -- (increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market")

The 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")


• rise, go up, climb -- (increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year")


• arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up -- (rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded")


• rise, lift, rear -- (rise up; "The building rose before them")


• surface, come up, rise up, rise -- (come to the surface)


• 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")


• ascend, move up, rise -- (move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great)


• wax, mount, climb, rise -- (go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered")


• heighten, rise -- (become more extreme; "The tension heightened")


• 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")


• rise, jump, climb up -- (rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list")


• rise -- (become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news")


• rise -- (exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion")


• rebel, arise, rise, rise up -- (take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance)


• rise, prove -- (increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room")


• rise, come up, uprise, ascend -- (come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends")


• resurrect, rise, uprise -- (return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise")