rise
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rise (plural rises)
- The action of moving upwards.
- (chiefly British) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc); a raise.
- (Cleanup of this sense is being sought)+: (British, Irish) A pay rise (pay raise)
- (Sussex) a small hill (chiefly place names).
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action of moving upwards
increase (in a quantity, price, etc)
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pay rise — see pay rise
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to rise (third-person singular simple present rises, present participle rising, simple past rose, past participle risen)
- (intransitive) To move upwards.
- We watched the balloon rise.
- (intransitive, of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation
- The sun was rising in the East.
- (intransitive) To be resurrected
- He rose from the grave.
- He is risen!
- (intransitive) of a quantity, price, etc, To increase.
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- (move upwards): climb, go up
- (be resurrected): be resurrected, come back from the dead
- (of a quantity, etc: to increase): climb, increase, go up
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- (move upwards): descend, drop, fall, sink
- (of a celestial body): set
- (of a quantity, etc: to increase): be reduced, decrease, drop, fall, go down
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To move upwards
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of a celestial body: to appear to move from behind the horizon
to be resurrected
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of a quantity, etc: to increase
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rise
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From Old Norse risi. Cognate with German Riese (“‘giant’”)
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rise
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Inflection of rise
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rise (present tense riser; past tense riste; past participle rist; present participle risende; imperative ris)
- to spank