English Explanatory Dictionary

rise

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
  2. To move upwards.
  3. To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
  4. To slope upward.
  5. To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
  6. To become erect; to assume an upright position.
  7. To leave one's bed; to get up.
  8. To be resurrected.
  9. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
  10. To increase in value or standing.
  11. To attain a higher status.
  12. Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
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. An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
  4. 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. A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
  10. The height of an arch or a step.
noun
  1. Alternative form of rice (“twig”).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

rīz /ɹaɪz/ en-us-rise.ogg en-au-rise.ogg /ɹaɪs/

Word forms

rise rises rising rose risen rised no-table-tags glossary risest rosest riseth rize

Etymology

From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, rise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to rise, spring”). See also raise. Cognates Cognate with Dutch rijzen (“to rise”), German reisen (“to fall”), Limburgish rieze (“to rise”), Faroese and Icelandic rísa (“to rise”), Norwegian Nynorsk risa, rise (“to rise”), Gothic *𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*reisan, “to rise”) (whence 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”)). Non-Germanic cognates include Cornish ardh (“height”), Irish arad, ard, árd (“high, tall”), Manx ard (“high, tall”), Scottish Gaelic àrd (“high”), Welsh ardd (“hill, upland”), Latin orior (“to rise”), Ancient Greek ἔρις (éris, “quarell, strife; contention, rivalry”) (whence Greek έριδα (érida, “feud”)), Albanian rashë (“to have fallen; to have flopped”), Bulgarian ръст (rǎst, “size; stature; growth”), Czech růst (“growth”), Macedonian раст (rast, “growth, height”), Polish rost, wzrost (“growth”), Russian рост (rost, “growth”), Serbo-Croatian ра̑ст, rȃst (“growth”), Slovene rȃst (“growth”), Old Armenian յառնեմ (yaṙnem, “to arise, rise”) (whence Armenian հառնել (haṙnel, “to rise up”)), Persian رمبیدن (rombidan, “to collapse”), Tocharian A ar- (“to evoke”), Tocharian B er- (“to evoke”), Hittite 𒀀𒊏𒀀𒄑𒍣 (arāwanzi, “to rise”), Sanskrit ऋ (ṛ, “to rise”).

Synonyms

get up increase go up climb arise be resurrected come back from the dead raise pay raise

Antonyms

descend drop fall sink set be reduce decrease go down

Related words

risel

Derived words

arise a rising tide lifts all boats God willing and the creek don't rise Lord willing and the creek don't rise overrise rerise riseable rise above rise and shine rise from one's grave rise from the ashes rise from the dead rise from the grave rise over run rise through the ranks rise to the bait rise to the challenge rise to the occasion rise up rise with the lark rise with the sun rising action rising damp rising lark rising line rising main rising of the lights rising of the moon rising seat rising star rising three salt-rising bread self-rising self-rising flour sitting-rising test sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow morning uprise uprising rise to the purple antirise dayrise deadrise dead rise earthrise Fraser Rise get a rise get a rise from get a rise out of give rise to high-rise high-rise syndrome hi-rise low-rise midrise moonrise on the rise pay rise payrise planetrise
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