rise
verb
[ rʌɪz ]
• move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.
• "the tiny aircraft rose from the ground"
• get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling.
• "she pushed back her chair and rose"
Similar:
stand up,
get/rise to one's feet,
get up,
jump up,
leap up,
spring up,
become erect,
straighten up,
arise,
• cease to be submissive, obedient, or peaceful.
• "the activists urged militant factions to rise up"
Similar:
rebel,
revolt,
mutiny,
riot,
rise up (in arms),
take up arms,
stage/mount a rebellion,
take to the streets,
• (of a river) have its source.
• "the Euphrates rises in Turkey"
Similar:
originate,
begin,
start,
emerge,
appear,
issue from,
spring from,
flow from,
emanate from,
commence,
• (of land or a natural feature) incline upwards; become higher.
• "the moorlands rise and fall in gentle folds"
Similar:
slope upwards,
slant upwards,
go uphill,
incline,
climb,
get higher,
• increase in number, size, amount, or degree.
• "land prices had risen"
Similar:
go up,
get higher,
increase,
grow,
advance,
soar,
shoot up,
surge (up),
leap,
jump,
rocket,
escalate,
spiral,
improve,
get better,
• approaching (a specified age).
• "she was thirty-nine rising forty"
rise
noun
• an upward movement; an instance of rising.
• "the bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises"
• an increase in number, size, amount, or degree.
• "local people are worried by the rise in crime"
Similar:
increase,
hike,
advance,
growth,
leap,
upsurge,
upswing,
ascent,
climb,
jump,
escalation,
spiralling,
improvement,
amelioration,
upturn,
• an increase in sound or pitch.
• "the rise and fall of his voice"
• a source or origin.
• "it was here that the brook had its rise"
Origin:
Old English rīsan ‘make an attack’, ‘wake, get out of bed’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rijzen and German reisen .
on the rise
• becoming greater or more numerous; increasing.
• "prices were on the rise"
