RISE | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Old English rīsan ‘make an attack’, ‘wake, get out of bed’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rijzen and German reisen

move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up

move from lower position to higher one

• the tiny aircraft rose from the ground

get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling

get up from lying or kneeling

• she pushed back her chair and rose

cease to be submissive, obedient, or peaceful

cease to be submissive or peaceful

• the activists urged militant factions to rise up

(of a river) have its source

(of river) have its source

• the Euphrates rises in Turkey

(of land or a natural feature) incline upwards; become higher

(of land or natural feature) incline upwards

• the moorlands rise and fall in gentle folds

increase in number, size, amount, or degree

increase in number, size or degree

• land prices had risen

approaching (a specified age)

approaching

• she was thirty-nine rising forty

an upward movement; an instance of rising

upward movement

• the bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises

an increase in number, size, amount, or degree

increase in number, size or degree

• local people are worried by the rise in crime

an increase in sound or pitch

increase in sound or pitch

• the rise and fall of his voice

a source or origin

source or origin

• it was here that the brook had its rise