rising
/'raiziɳ/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Increasing in level, amount, or value: Describes something that is going up or becoming higher.
- Advancing in status or importance: Refers to someone or something gaining prominence or moving to a higher position.
- Sloping or moving upward: Indicates an upward direction or incline.
- Approaching a specified age: Used to indicate that someone is nearly a certain age.
Noun:
- An act of rising: The action of moving upward, increasing, or getting up.
- An organized revolt: An act of rebellion or insurrection against authority.
Usage
Adjective:
- The rising sun warmed the valley. (The sun that is moving upward in the sky.)
- She is a rising star in the tech industry. (She is a person gaining fame and importance.)
- We are concerned about rising prices. (Prices that are increasing.)
- He is rising sixty. (He is approaching sixty years of age.)
Noun:
- We watched the rising of the moon. (We watched the event of the moon moving upward.)
- The peasant rising was brutally suppressed. (The rebellion by the peasants was stopped violently.)
Advanced Usage
"The rising generation": Refers to young people who are growing up and will soon be adults.
- Policies must consider the needs of the rising generation.
"Rising to the occasion": Successfully meeting a challenge or performing well in a difficult situation.
- When the team captain was injured, she rose to the occasion and led them to victory.
Variants and Related Words
Rise (verb/noun): The base form. As a verb: to move upward, to increase, to get up. As a noun: an increase, an upward movement.
- The sun will rise at 6 AM. (Verb)
- There has been a sharp rise in demand. (Noun)
Risen (past participle): The past participle of 'rise'.
- The dough has risen perfectly.
Synonyms
- Increasing: Becoming greater in number, level, or amount.
- Ascending: Moving or sloping upward.
- Upcoming: About to happen or become prominent.
- Emerging: Beginning to become known or noticed.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Rise up: To rebel or revolt.
- The people rose up against the dictator.
Rise above: To not be affected or limited by something negative.
- She always rises above petty office gossip.
Related Idioms
Get a rise out of someone: To provoke a reaction, especially anger or annoyance, from someone.
- He's just teasing you to get a rise out of you.
Rise and shine: A cheerful command to wake up and get out of bed.
- Come on, kids, rise and shine! Breakfast is ready.
Adjective
- newly come into prominence
- a rising young politician
- coming to maturity
- the rising generation
- sloping upward
- advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
- a rising trend
- a rising market
Noun
- organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
- a movement upward
- they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon