rise

noun

  1. 1

    the act of changing location in an upward direction

  2. 2

    increase in price or value

    the news caused a general advance on the stock market

  3. 3

    the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

  4. 4

    the amount a salary is increased

    he got a 3% raise

    he got a wage hike

  5. 5

    an increase in cost

    they asked for a 10% rise in rates

  6. 6

    a growth in strength or number or importance

  7. 7

    (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

    the emanation of the Holy Spirit

    the rising of the Holy Ghost

  8. 8

    a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

  9. 9

    a movement upward

    they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon

  10. 10

    an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

    the car couldn't make it up the rise

verb

  1. 1

    get up and out of bed

    I get up at 7 A.M. every day

    They rose early

  2. 2

    return from the dead

    Christ is risen!

    The dead are to uprise

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