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Adjective rising has 6 senses
- rising - advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market"
Antonyms: falling, down, dropping
- rising - (of a heavenly body) becoming visible above the horizon; "the rising sun"
Antonym: setting
- rising - increasing in amount or degree; "rising prices"
Antonym: decreasing (indirect, via increasing)
- acclivitous, rising, uphill - sloping upward
Antonym: descending (indirect, via ascending)
- emerging, rising - coming to maturity; "the rising generation"
Antonym: past (indirect, via present, future)
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
- rising - newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician"
Antonym: old (indirect, via new)
Noun rising has 2 senses
- rise, rising, ascent, ascension - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
--1 is a kind of change of location, travel
--1 has particulars: | | climb, climbing, mounting; elevation, lift, raising; heave, heaving; liftoff; rapid climb, rapid growth, zoom; takeoff; upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust; uplifting |
- rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
--2 is a kind of conflict, struggle, battle
--2 has particulars:
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"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Antonyms: descend, fall, go down, come down
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- rise, go up, climb - increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
--2 is one way to grow
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The stock market is going to rise
- arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up - rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
--3 is one way to change posture
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Sam and Sue rise
- rise, lift, rear - rise up; "The building rose before them"
--4 is one way to look, appear, seem
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- surface, come up, rise up, rise - come to the surface
--5 is one way to ascend, go up
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- heighten, rise - become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
--6 is one way to increase
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- 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"
--7 is one way to become
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- move up, rise - be promoted, move to a better position
--8 is one way to change
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- wax, mount, climb, rise - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
--9 is one way to increase
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- 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"
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- rise, jump, climb up - rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
--11 is one way to change
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- rise, prove - increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
--12 is one way to grow
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- rise - become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
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- rise - exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
--14 is one way to undertake, tackle, take on
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- rebel, arise, rise, rise up - take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
--15 is one way to protest, resist, dissent
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- rise, come up, uprise, ascend - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
--16 is one way to rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
Antonyms: set, go down, go under
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The moon will soon rise
- resurrect, rise, uprise - return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
--17 is one way to return, go back, get back, come back
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