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English to English noun
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a growth in strength or number or importance |  | source: wordnet30
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the act of changing location in an upward direction | | source: wordnet30
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | | Example: the car couldn't make it up the rise
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a movement upward | | Example: they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
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the amount a salary is increased | | Example: he got a 3% raise
he got a wage hike
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the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises | | source: wordnet30
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a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground | | source: wordnet30
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(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost | | Example: 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
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an increase in cost | | Example: they asked for a 10% rise in rates
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increase in price or value | | Example: the news caused a general advance on the stock market
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The act of rising, or the state of being risen. | | source: webster1913 verb
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move upward | | Example: The fog lifted
The smoke arose from the forest fire
The mist uprose from the meadows
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increase in value or to a higher point | | Example: prices climbed steeply
the value of our house rose sharply last year
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rise to one's feet | | Example: The audience got up and applauded
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rise up | | Example: The building rose before them
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come to the surface | | source: wordnet30
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come into existence; take on form or shape | | Example: 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
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move to a better position in life or to a better job | | Example: She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
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go up or advance | | Example: Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
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become more extreme | | Example: The tension heightened
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get up and out of bed | | Example: I get up at 7 A.M. every day
They rose early
He uprose at night
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rise in rank or status | | Example: Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
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become heartened or elated | | Example: Her spirits rose when she heard the good news
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exert oneself to meet a challenge | | Example: rise to a challenge
rise to the occasion
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take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | | source: wordnet30
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increase in volume | | Example: the dough rose slowly in the warm room
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come up, of celestial bodies | | Example: The sun also rises
The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
Jupiter ascends
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return from the dead | | Example: Christ is risen!
The dead are to uprise
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To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait. | | source: webster1913
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To go up; to ascend; to climb; as, to rise a hill. | | source: webster1913
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