Main entry: rise, ascending, ascension, ascent
Definition: the act of changing location in an upward direction
Definition: increase in price or value
Usage: the news caused a general advance on the stock market
Main entry: rise, rising slope, upgrade
Definition: the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
Main entry: raise, rise, hike, wage hike, wage increase, salary increase
Definition: the amount a salary is increased
Usage: he got a 3% raise; he got a wage hike
Main entry: hike, rise, cost increase, boost
Definition: an increase in cost
Usage: they asked for a 10% rise in rates
Main entry: rise
Definition: a growth in strength or number or importance
Main entry: procession, rise, emanation
Definition: (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
Usage: the emanation of the Holy Spirit; the rising of the Holy Ghost; the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son
Definition: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
Main entry: rise, rising, ascension, ascent
Definition: a movement upward
Usage: they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
Main entry: ascent, acclivity, climb, upgrade, rise, raise
Definition: an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Usage: the car couldn't make it up the rise
Main entry: get up, uprise, rise, arise, turn out
Definition: get up and out of bed
Usage: I get up at 7 A.M. every day; They rose early; He uprose at night
Main entry: resurrect, rise, uprise
Definition: return from the dead
Usage: Christ is risen!; The dead are to uprise
Main entry: climb, rise, go up
Definition: increase in value or to a higher point
Usage: prices climbed steeply; the value of our house rose sharply last year
Main entry: rise, climb up, jump
Definition: rise in rank or status
Usage: Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
Definition: become more extreme
Usage: The tension heightened
Main entry: climb, wax, mount, rise
Definition: go up or advance
Usage: Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
Main entry: rise
Definition: exert oneself to meet a challenge
Usage: rise to a challenge; rise to the occasion
Main entry: rise
Definition: become heartened or elated
Usage: Her spirits rose when she heard the good news
Main entry: lift, come up, rise, move up, go up, arise, uprise
Definition: move upward
Usage: The fog lifted; The smoke arose from the forest fire; The mist uprose from the meadows
Main entry: move up, rise, ascend
Definition: move to a better position in life or to a better job
Usage: She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
Main entry: come up, uprise, rise, ascend
Definition: come up, of celestial bodies
Usage: The sun also rises; The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...; Jupiter ascends
Definition: increase in volume
Usage: the dough rose slowly in the warm room
Main entry: rise, arise, stand up, get up, uprise
Definition: rise to one's feet
Usage: The audience got up and applauded
Main entry: come up, surface, rise, rise up
Definition: come to the surface
Main entry: rise, rise up, rebel, arise
Definition: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
Main entry: grow, arise, originate, spring up, develop, uprise, rise
Definition: come into existence; take on form or shape
Usage: A new religious movement originated in that country; a love that sprang up from friendship; the idea for the book grew out of a short story; An interesting phenomenon uprose
Definition: rise up
Usage: The building rose before them