Definition of "rise"

(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.

1. To move upwards.  examples

2. To grow upward; to attain a certain height.  examples

3. To slope upward.  examples

4. (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.  quotations  examples

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   • And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.

     1898, J. Meade Falkner, “Chapter 4”, in Moonfleet, London, Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934

5. To become erect; to assume an upright position.  examples

6. To leave one's bed; to get up.  quotations  examples

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   • Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair,In the morning, when we rise

     1965, “Colours”, performed by Donovan

7. (figurative) To be resurrected.  examples

8. (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.  quotations  examples

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   • It was near nine […] before the House rose.

     1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter X, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans

(intransitive) To increase in value or standing.

1. To attain a higher status.  quotations  examples

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   • Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

     c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene i]

   • among the rising theologians of Germany

     1846, Julius Hare, The Mission of the Comforter

2. Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.  quotations  examples

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   • Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.

     2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68

3. To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.  quotations  examples

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   • The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.

     1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.

4. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.  examples

To begin, to develop; to be initiated.

1. To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.  quotations  examples

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   • Professor Peter Crome, chair of the audit's steering group, said the report "provides further concrete evidence that the care of patients with dementia in hospital is in need of a radical shake-up". While a few hospitals had risen to the challenge of improving patients' experiences, many have not, he said. The report recommends that all staff receive basic dementia awareness training, and staffing levels should be maintained to help such patients.

     2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian‎

2. To develop, to come about or intensify.  quotations  examples

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   • To-night the winds begin to rise⁠And roar from yonder dropping day:⁠The last red leaf is whirl’d away,The rooks are blown about the skies; […]

     1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], canto XV, page 24

3. To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.  examples

4. (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).  quotations  examples

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   • The majestic Marannon, or Amazon River, rises out of the Lake Launcocha, situated in the province of Tarma, in 10° 14ʹ south latitude, and ten leagues to the north of Pasco.

     1802 December 1, “Interesting description of the Montanna Real”, in The Monthly magazine, or, British register, Number 94 (Number 5 of Volume 14), page 396

5. To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.  examples

6. To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.  quotations  examples

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   • At our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection.

     1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,

   • No more ſhall nation againſt nation riſe, / Nor ardent vvarriours meet vvith hateful eyes, […]

     1712 (date written), Alexander Pope, “Messiah. A Sacred Eclogue, in Imitation of Virgil’s Pollio.”, in The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. […], volume I, London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton, H. Lintot, J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, and S. Draper, published 1751, page 40

7. To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.  quotations  examples

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   • A thought rose in me, which I believe very often perplexes […] men of contemplative natures.

     1714 July 20 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “FRIDAY, July 9, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 565; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853

(transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.  examples

(transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.  quotations  examples

(obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.  quotations

To come; to offer itself.  quotations  examples

(printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.  examples

The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.  examples

The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.  examples

(chiefly UK, also Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.  examples

(UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) Ellipsis of pay rise: an increase in wage or salary.  examples

The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.  examples

(Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.

An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.  quotations  examples

(informal) A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.  examples

(architecture) The height of an arch or a step.  examples

Alternative form of rice (“twig”)  examples