rise

English Online Dictionary. What means rise‎? What does rise mean?

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rīz, IPA^(key): /ɹaɪz/
• Homophones: ryes, wries
• Rhymes: -aɪz
• for the noun, in the US, also rarely IPA^(key): /ɹaɪs/

Etymology 1

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.

Verb

rise (third-person singular simple present rises, present participle rising, simple past rose, past participle risen or (nonstandard) rised or (now nonstandard) rose)

1. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
   1. To move upwards.

   2. To grow upward; to attain a certain height.

   3. To slope upward.

   4. (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.

   5. To become erect; to assume an upright position.

   6. To leave one's bed; to get up.
   7. (figurative) To be resurrected.

   8. (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
2. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
   1. To attain a higher status.
   2. Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
   3. To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
   4. (music) To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.

3. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
   1. To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
   2. To develop, to come about or intensify.
   3. To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.

   4. (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
      • 1802 December 1, “Interesting description of the Montanna Real”, in The Monthly magazine, or, British register, Number 94 (Number 5 of Volume 14), page 396:

        The majestic Marannon, or Amazon River, rises out of the Lake Launcocha, situated in the province of Tarma, in 10° 14ʹ south latitude, and ten leagues to the north of Pasco.

   5. To become perceptible to the senses (other than sight).

   6. To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
   7. To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
4. (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.

5. (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
6. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
7. To come; to offer itself.
8. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.

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Synonyms

• (move upwards): climb, go up
• (leave one's bed): arise, get up; see also Thesaurus:wake
• (be resurrected): be resurrected, come back from the dead
• (of a quantity, etc: to increase): climb, increase, go up

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “move upwards”): descend, drop, fall, sink
• (antonym(s) of “of a celestial body”): set
• (antonym(s) of “of a quantity, etc: to increase”): be reduced, decrease, drop, fall, go down

Coordinate terms

• raise

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

rise (plural rises)

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. (chiefly UK, also Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
4. (UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) 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. (Sussex) 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. (architecture) The height of an arch or a step.

Synonyms

• (increase in pay): raise, pay raise (US)

Antonyms

• fall

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ris, rys, from Old English hrīs, from Proto-Germanic *hrīsą (“twig; shoot”). More at rice.

Noun

rise (plural rises)

1. Alternative form of rice (“twig”).

Derived terms

• rise-wood

Related terms

• risel

References

Anagrams

• EIRs, Eris, Iser, SIer, Seri, eirs, ires, reis, sire

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse risi, from Proto-Germanic *risiz..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁiːsə/

Noun

rise c (singular definite risen, plural indefinite riser)

1. (Norse mythology) A giant.

Inflection

.

See also

• jætte.
• kæmpe.

References

• “rise” in Den Danske Ordbog

Galician

Verb

rise

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of rir

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.ze/, (traditional) /ˈri.se/
• Rhymes: -ize, (traditional) -ise
• Hyphenation: rì‧se

Etymology 1

Verb

rise

1. third-person singular past historic of ridere

Etymology 2

Participle

rise

1. feminine plural of riso

References

Anagrams

• Eris, IRES, ersi, resi, seri, sire

Latin

Participle

rīse

1. vocative masculine singular of rīsus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

Noun

rise m (definite singular risen, indefinite plural riser, definite plural risene)

1. mountain troll.
2. jotun (jötunn).

Synonyms

• bergtroll
• jotun
• kjempe

Etymology 2

From the noun ris (“spanking, whipping”).

Verb

rise (present tense riser, past tense riste, past participle rist)

1. to spank

References

• “rise” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “rise” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rɪːsə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse risi, from Proto-Germanic *risiz.

Noun

rise m (definite singular risen, indefinite plural risar, definite plural risane)

1. a giant, jotun

Alternative forms

• rese

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rísa.

Verb

rise (present tense ris, past tense reis, past participle rise, present participle risande, imperative ris)

1. e-infinitive and split infinitive form of risa

Etymology 3

Verb

rise (present tense risar, past tense risa, past participle risa, passive infinitive risast, present participle risande, imperative rise/ris)

1. e-infinitive and split infinitive form of risa

References

• “rise” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriː.se/, [ˈriː.ze]
• IPA^(key): /ˈri.se/, [ˈri.ze]

Verb

rīse

1. inflection of rīsan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Verb

rise

1. inflection of rīsan:
   1. second-person singular preterite indicative
   2. singular preterite subjunctive

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

rise (Cyrillic spelling рисе)

1. vocative singular of ris

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin risus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).

Noun

rise

1. rice