rise

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
2. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
3. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
4. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
5. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
6. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
7. (figuratively, intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
8. (figuratively, intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
9. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
10. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
11. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
12. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
13. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
14. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
15. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
16. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
17. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
18. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
19. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
20. (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
21. (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
22. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
23. To come; to offer itself.
24. (dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.

Noun

1. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
2. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
3. (Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, also) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
4. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, sometimes) Ellipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).
5. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
6. The front of a diaper.
7. A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
8. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
9. (informal) A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
10. The height of an arch or a step.

Noun

Alternative form of rice (“twig”).

Synonyms

get up

increase

stand up

ascend

go up

climb

arise

swell

grow

ascent

uprise

lift

stand

rising

come up

raise

elevation

mount

rise up

growth

soar

jump

appear

come out

origin

advance

move up

tower

hike

spring up

revolt

emerge

climb up

rebel

originate

expand

beginning

take off

start

ascension

surge

swell up

heave

rear

go out

heighten

occur

aggrandizement

augment

bulge

Translations

monter

subir

se lever

alzarsi

steigen

sorgere

salire

lever

subir

levantarse

aufstehen

aufgehen

aumento

ascender

Steigerung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹaɪz/

Etymology

Cognate with Western Frisian: rize

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: riese

Cognate with Dutch: rijzen

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: risa

Cognate with Icelandic: rísa

Cognate with German: reisen

Cognate with Dutch: reizen

Cognate with Danish: rejse

Cognate with Swedish: resa

Inherited from Middle English: ris

Inherited from Old English: hrīs

In summary

From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”). See also raise.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian rize, Saterland Frisian riese (“to arise”), Dutch rijzen (“to rise, ascend, lift”), German Low German riesen (“to rise; arise”), German dialectal reisen (“to fall”), Norwegian Nynorsk risa (“to rise”), Icelandic rísa (“to rise”). Related also to German reisen (“to travel, fare”), Dutch reizen (“to travel”), Danish rejse (“to travel”), Swedish resa (“to travel”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rris (“I raise, grow”) and Russian рост (rost, “growth”).

Sentences

As long as there is water in a cooking pot , the temperature cannot rise above a hundred degrees Celsius .