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[edit] English

Most common English words: effort « race « ladies « #883: rise » looks » running » garden

[edit] Etymology

Old English rīsan

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[edit] Noun

Singular
rise

Plural
rises

rise (plural rises)

  1. The action of moving upwards.
  2. (chiefly British) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc); a raise.
  3. (Cleanup of this sense is being sought)+: (British, Irish) A pay rise (pay raise)
  4. (Sussex) a small hill (chiefly place names).

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action of moving upwards
increase (in a quantity, price, etc)
pay rise — see pay rise
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to rise

Third person singular
rises

Simple past
rose

Past participle
risen

Present participle
rising

to rise (third-person singular simple present rises, present participle rising, simple past rose, past participle risen)

  1. (intransitive) To move upwards.
    We watched the balloon rise.
  2. (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.
  3. (intransitive) To be resurrected
    He rose from the grave.
    He is risen!
  4. (intransitive) of a quantity, price, etc, To increase.

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To move upwards
of a celestial body: to appear to move from behind the horizon
to be resurrected
of a quantity, etc: to increase
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[edit] Italian

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rise

  1. third-person singular past historic of ridere.

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse risi. Cognate with German Riese (“‘giant’”)

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rise

  1. A mountain troll.
  2. A jotun (jötunn).
[edit] Inflection
    Inflection of rise
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m rise risen riser risene
Nynorsk m rise risen risar risane
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rise (present tense riser; past tense riste; past participle rist; present participle risende; imperative ris)

  1. to spank

[edit] References

  • “rise” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
  • “rise” in The Ordnett Dictionary
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