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- Dictionaryrise/rʌɪz/
verb
- 1. move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up: "the tiny aircraft rose from the ground"
- 2. get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling: "she pushed back her chair and rose" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an upward movement; an instance of rising: "the bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises"
- 2. an increase in number, size, amount, or degree: "local people are worried by the rise in crime" Similar
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to increase: Inflation is rising at/by 2.1 percent a month. The wind / storm is rising (= beginning to get stronger). Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. [ I ] When emotions, etc. rise, they start to increase: Tempers are rising (= people are becoming angry). My spirits rise (= I feel happier) whenever I think of my friends.
The meaning of RISE is to assume an upright position especially from lying, kneeling, or sitting. How to use rise in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Rise.
Rise definition: to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position. See examples of RISE used in a sentence.
When people or things rise, they move from a lower to a higher position: She rose from the chair. The helicopter rose into the air. Rise can also mean ‘to increase in number or quantity’: Costs are always rising. Nouns. The noun rise means a movement upwards or an increase in an amount or quantity: a rise in interest rates.
Rise almost always has to do with something that’s becoming taller or higher, like when you rise from your chair or your grades that rise when you study harder. As a verb, rise can mean anything from "get up" to "increase" to "rebel" to "return from the dead." As a noun, it can be an upward movement, a little hill, a wage increase, a price ...
1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling. 2. To get out of bed: rose at dawn. 3. To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend: Hot air rises. 4. To increase in size, volume, or level: The river rises every spring. 5. To increase in number, amount, or value: Prices are rising. 6.
1. verb. If something rises, it moves upwards. He watched the smoke rise from the chimney. [VERB + from/to] The powdery dust rose in a cloud around him. [VERB] Rise up means the same as rise. Spray rose up from the surface of the water. [V P + from/to] Black dense smoke rose up. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. verb. When you rise, you stand up. [formal]
verb. risen, rises, rising, rose. To stand or assume a vertical or more nearly vertical position, after sitting, kneeling, or lying. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To get up after sleeping or resting. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To increase in size, volume, or level. The river rises every spring. American Heritage.
Definition of rise noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to increase in level: rising temperatures. Prices rose by 10 percent. Fewer examples. Temperatures rose as high as 40 degrees. The company's shares rose on Wall Street yesterday. Investors are expecting the company's share price to rise. Unemployment has risen for the third month in a row.
