rise (n.)

  1. a growth in strength or number or importance

  2. increase in price or value; the news caused a general advance on the stock market

    [ Syn: advance ]

  3. the act of changing location in an upward direction

    [ Syn: ascent , ascension , ascending ]

  4. an upward slope or grade (as in a road); the car couldnt make it up the rise

    [ Syn: ascent , acclivity , raise , climb , upgrade ]

  5. a movement upward; they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon

    [ Syn: rising , ascent , ascension ]

  6. the amount a salary is increased; he got a 3% raise; he got a wage hike

    [ Syn: raise , wage hike , hike , wage increase , salary increase ]

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

    [ Syn: upgrade , rising slope ]

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

    [ Syn: lift ]

  9. (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

    [ Syn: emanation , procession ]

  10. an increase in cost; they asked for a 10% rise in rates

    [ Syn: boost , hike , cost increase ]

    rise (v.)

  1. move upward; The fog lifted; The smoke arose from the forest fire; The mist uprose from the meadows

    [ Syn: lift , arise , move up , go up , come up , uprise ]

  2. get up and out of bed; I get up at 7 A.M. every day; They rose early; He uprose at night

    [ Syn: get up , get up , turn out , turn out , arise , arise , uprise , uprise ]

  3. rise in rank or status; Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list

    [ Syn: jump , climb up ]

  4. become heartened or elated; Her spirits rose when she heard the good news'

  5. exert oneself to meet a challenge; rise to a challenge; rise to the occasion'

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

    [ Syn: rebel , arise , rise up ]

  7. increase in volume; the dough rose slowly in the warm room

    [ Syn: prove ]

  8. come up, of celestial bodies; The sun also rises; The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...; Jupiter ascends

    [ Syn: come up , uprise , ascend ]

  9. return from the dead; Christ is risen!; The dead are to uprise

    [ Syn: resurrect , uprise ]

  10. increase in value or to a higher point; prices climbed steeply; the value of our house rose sharply last year

    [ Syn: go up , climb ]

  11. rise to ones feet; The audience got up and applauded

    [ Syn: arise , arise , uprise , uprise , get up , get up , stand up , stand up ]

  12. rise up; The building rose before them

    [ Syn: lift , rear ]

  13. come to the surface

    [ Syn: surface , come up , rise up ]

  14. 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

    [ Syn: originate , arise , develop , uprise , spring up , grow ]

  15. move to a better position in life or to a better job; She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great

    [ Syn: ascend , move up ]

  16. go up or advance; Sales were climbing after prices were lowered

    [ Syn: wax , mount , climb ]

  17. become more extreme; The tension heightened

    [ Syn: heighten ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
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