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rising adjective [ ˈrʌɪzɪŋ ]

• going up, increasing, or sloping upward.
• "the rising temperature"
• (of a bird) depicted with the wings open but not fully displayed, as if preparing for flight.

rising noun

• an armed protest against authority; a revolt.
• "the Warsaw rising of 1944"

rise verb

• 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,
Opposite: sit,
• 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,
Opposite: kowtow,
• (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,
Opposite: disgorge,
• (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,
Opposite: shelve, drop away,
• 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,
Opposite: drop, worsen,
• approaching (a specified age).
• "she was thirty-nine rising forty"
Origin: Old English rīsan ‘make an attack’, ‘wake, get out of bed’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rijzen and German reisen .


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