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▸ noun: the act of changing location in an upward direction
▸ noun: an increase in cost ("They asked for a 10% rise in rates")
▸ noun: a growth in strength or number or importance
▸ noun: a movement upward ("They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon")
▸ noun: increase in price or value
▸ noun: the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
▸ noun: the amount a salary is increased
▸ noun: (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
▸ noun: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
▸ noun: an upward slope or grade (as in a road) ("The car couldn't make it up the rise")
▸ verb: rise up
▸ verb: exert oneself to meet a challenge ("Rise to a challenge")
▸ verb: increase in value or to a higher point
▸ verb: rise in rank or status
▸ verb: become heartened or elated
▸ verb: move upward
▸ verb: come up, of celestial bodies ("The sun also rises")
▸ verb: increase in volume
▸ verb: become more extreme
▸ verb: return from the dead ("Christ is risen!")
▸ verb: be promoted, move to a better position
▸ verb: rise to one's feet
▸ verb: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
▸ verb: come into existence; take on form or shape
▸ verb: go up or advance
▸ verb: come to the surface
▸ verb: get up and out of bed
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #32971)
▸ Also see rose
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to rise
▸ Usage examples for rise
▸ Idioms related to rise (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing rise
▸ Words that often appear near rise
▸ Rhymes of rise
▸ Invented words related to rise
▸ noun: the act of changing location in an upward direction
▸ noun: an increase in cost ("They asked for a 10% rise in rates")
▸ noun: a growth in strength or number or importance
▸ noun: a movement upward ("They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon")
▸ noun: increase in price or value
▸ noun: the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
▸ noun: the amount a salary is increased
▸ noun: (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
▸ noun: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
▸ noun: an upward slope or grade (as in a road) ("The car couldn't make it up the rise")
▸ verb: rise up
▸ verb: exert oneself to meet a challenge ("Rise to a challenge")
▸ verb: increase in value or to a higher point
▸ verb: rise in rank or status
▸ verb: become heartened or elated
▸ verb: move upward
▸ verb: come up, of celestial bodies ("The sun also rises")
▸ verb: increase in volume
▸ verb: become more extreme
▸ verb: return from the dead ("Christ is risen!")
▸ verb: be promoted, move to a better position
▸ verb: rise to one's feet
▸ verb: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
▸ verb: come into existence; take on form or shape
▸ verb: go up or advance
▸ verb: come to the surface
▸ verb: get up and out of bed
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #32971)
▸ Also see rose
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to rise
▸ Usage examples for rise
▸ Idioms related to rise (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing rise
▸ Words that often appear near rise
▸ Rhymes of rise
▸ Invented words related to rise