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English noun: rise | |||
| 1. | rise (event) a growth in strength or number or importance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | emergence, growth, outgrowth | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | crime wave, spike, wave | ||
| Antonyms | downfall, fall | ||
| 2. | rise (act) the act of changing location in an upward direction | ||
| Synonyms | ascending, ascension, ascent | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, move, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | climb, heave, heaving, levitation, mount, soar, zoom | ||
| 3. | rise (object) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | ||
| Samples | The car couldn't make it up the rise. | ||
| Synonyms | acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, upgrade | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | incline, side, slope | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | uphill | ||
| Antonyms | declivity, downslope, declination, declension, decline, fall, descent | ||
| 4. | rise (event) a movement upward | ||
| Samples | They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon. | ||
| Synonyms | ascension, ascent, rising | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of location, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | climb, climbing, elevation, heave, heaving, lift, liftoff, mounting, raising, rapid climb, rapid growth, takeoff, upheaval, uplift, uplifting, upthrow, upthrust, zoom | ||
| Antonyms | fall | ||
| 5. | rise (attribute) the amount a salary is increased | ||
| Samples | He got a 3% raise. He got a wage hike. | ||
| Synonyms | hike, raise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | increase, increment | ||
| 6. | rise (attribute) the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises | ||
| Synonyms | rising slope, upgrade | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grade | ||
| 7. | rise (event) a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground | ||
| Synonyms | lift | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | moving ridge, wave | ||
| 8. | rise (event) (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | emanation, procession | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inception, origin, origination | ||
| Domain category | theological system, theology | ||
| 9. | rise (attribute) an increase in cost | ||
| Samples | They asked for a 10% rise in rates. | ||
| Synonyms | boost, cost increase, hike | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | increase, increment | ||
| 10. | rise (act) increase in price or value | ||
| Samples | The news caused a general advance on the stock market. | ||
| Synonyms | advance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | increase, step-up | ||
English verb: rise | |||
| 1. | rise (motion) move upward | ||
| Samples | The fog lifted. The smoke arose from the forest fire. The mist uprose from the meadows. | ||
| Synonyms | arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, uprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ascend, bubble, chandelle, climb, climb up, come up, go up, go up, mount, rise, rocket, scend, skyrocket, soar, soar up, soar upwards, steam, surge, surge, uplift, uprise, zoom | ||
| Antonyms | come down, descend, go down, fall | ||
| 2. | rise (change) increase in value or to a higher point | ||
| Samples | Prices climbed steeply. The value of our house rose sharply last year. | ||
| Examples | The stock market is going to rise | ||
| Synonyms | climb, go up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grow | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bull, soar | ||
| 3. | rise (motion) rise to one's feet | ||
| Samples | The audience got up and applauded. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue rise | ||
| Synonyms | arise, get up, stand up, uprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change posture | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | take the floor | ||
| Antonyms | lie down, sit down, sit, lie | ||
| 4. | rise (stative) rise up | ||
| Samples | The building rose before them. | ||
| Synonyms | lift, rear | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear, look, seem | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hulk, loom, predominate, tower | ||
| 5. | rise (motion) come to the surface | ||
| Synonyms | come up, rise up, surface | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ascend, go up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bubble up, emerge, intumesce, resurface, swell, well | ||
| 6. | rise (stative) come into existence; take on form or shape | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | arise, develop, grow, originate, spring up, uprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | become | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | come, come forth, emerge, follow, head, resurge, swell, well up | ||
| Verb group | develop | ||
| 7. | rise (motion) move to a better position in life or to a better job | ||
| Samples | She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue rise | ||
| Synonyms | ascend, move up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| 8. | rise (change) go up or advance | ||
| Samples | Sales were climbing after prices were lowered. | ||
| Synonyms | climb, mount, wax | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | increase | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | advance, gain, jump | ||
| Antonyms | wane | ||
| 9. | rise (change) become more extreme | ||
| Samples | The tension heightened. | ||
| Synonyms | heighten | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | increase | ||
| 10. | rise (body) get up and out of bed | ||
| Samples | I get up at 7 A.M. every day. They rose early. He uprose at night. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue rise | ||
| Synonyms | arise, get up, turn out, uprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Antonyms | crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in, bed, retire | ||
| 11. | rise (change) rise in rank or status | ||
| Samples | Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list. | ||
| Synonyms | climb up, jump | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| 12. | rise (emotion) become heartened or elated | ||
| Samples | Her spirits rose when she heard the good news. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| 13. | rise (competition) exert oneself to meet a challenge | ||
| Samples | Rise to a challenge. Rise to the occasion. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tackle, take on, undertake | ||
| 14. | rise (social) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | ||
| Examples | They rise | ||
| Synonyms | arise, rebel, rise up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dissent, protest, resist | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mutiny, revolt | ||
| 15. | rise (motion) increase in volume | ||
| Samples | The dough rose slowly in the warm room. | ||
| Synonyms | prove | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grow | ||
| 16. | rise (motion) come up, of celestial bodies | ||
| Samples | The sun also rises. The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled.... Jupiter ascends. | ||
| Examples | The moon will soon rise | ||
| Synonyms | ascend, come up, uprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise | ||
| Domain category | astronomy, uranology | ||
| Antonyms | go under, go down, set | ||
| 17. | rise (body) return from the dead | ||
| Samples | Christ is risen!. The dead are to uprise. | ||
| Synonyms | resurrect, uprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | return | ||
| Verb group | raise, resurrect, upraise | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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