arise
UK/əˈɹaɪz/
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Australia/əˈɹɑez/
arise verb: to come up from a lower to a higher position.
Verb
arise (third-person singular simple present arises, present participle arising, simple past arose, past participle arisen or (nonstandard) arised or (now nonstandard) arose)
- To come up from a lower to a higher position.
- to arise from a kneeling posture
- To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
- He arose early in the morning.
- Synonyms:
- awaken
- To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.
- A cloud arose and covered the sun.
- A new challenge will arise every time you think you've solved the last one.
- Synonyms:
- appear, come about
Noun
arise (plural arises)
- Arising, rising.
- And if before the Sunne haue meaſured heauen
With triple circuit thou regreet vs not,
We meane to take his mornings next ariſe.
For meſſenger, he will not be reclaim’d,
And meane to fetch thee in deſpight of him.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- And if before the Sunne haue meaſured heauen
arise meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
arise in Hindi
- get up, stand up
- उठना uṭhnā, खड़े होना khaṛe honā
- start to exist, originate
- उद्गम udgam
arise in Tamil
- to arise, be evolved
- மருவு maruvu
arise in Urdu
- اٹھنا, اونچا ہونا
arise in Bengali
- উঠা, জন্মলাভ করা, উত্থান করা, উদ্ভূত হওয়া, জাগ্রত হওয়া, উদিত হওয়া
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- arise in Telugu
- తేలుపారు tēlupāru
- arise in Malayalam
- പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടുക, ഉത്ഭവിക്കുക
- arise in Kannada
- ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಉದ್ಭವಿಸು, ಹುಟ್ಟು, ಉಂಟಾಗು
- arise in Sanskrit
- उत्पद्यते útpadyate, आरुह् āruh
- arise in Assamese
- জাগা zaga, জগা zoga
- arise in Arabic
- نَهَضَ nahaḍa
Examples of arise in a sentence
- The issue began to arise when the team members couldn't agree on the plan.
- Problems can arise unexpectedly, but we need to be prepared for them.
- Because Plato allowed them to co-exist, the meaning and connotations of the one overlap those of the other, and ambiguities arise.1961, J. A. Philip, “Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato,”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume...
Synonyms of arise
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Forms of arise
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | arises |
| present participle | arising |
| past | arose |
| past participle | arisen |
| alternative form | arize |
| past participle (nonstandard) | arised |
| past participle (nonstandard) | arose |
| Noun | |
| plural | arises |
Origin of arise
From Middle English arisen, from Old English ārīsan (“to arise, get up; rise; spring from, originate; spring up, ascend”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (“to rise up, arise”), equivalent to a- + rise. Cognate with Scots arise, aryse (“to arise, rise up, come into existence”), Middle Low German errīsen (“to stand up, arise”), Old High German irrīsan (“to rise up, fall”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”). Eclipsed Middle English sourden, sorden, borrowed from Old French sordre, sourdre (“to arise, originate, fly up”).
Words formed from arise
Words that rhyme with arise
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- capsize
- comprise
- guise
- revise
- abscise
- agrise
- apprise
- chastise
- despise
- flys
- guys
- lyse
- palatalize
- pies
- prise
- skies
- snies
- sties
- supplies
- surmise
- ties
- tries
- velarize
- aguise
- applies
- authorize
- ayes
- belies
- brise
- buys
- byes
- complies
- cries
- dies
- dries
- dyes
- excise
- eyes
- flies
- flyes
- four eyes
- frankenpies
- fries
- Frise
- hies
- highs
- home fries
- i's
Questions about arise
- What does arise mean?
- Arise means to come up from a lower to a higher position.
- What is arise in Hindi?
- Arise in Hindi is उठना (uṭhnā), खड़े होना (khaṛe honā), उद्गम (udgam). See Arise meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use arise in a sentence?
- The issue began to arise when the team members couldn't agree on the plan.
- What part of speech is arise?
- Arise can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce arise?
- Arise is pronounced /əˈɹaɪz/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of arise?
- The past tense of arise is arose.
Words near arise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: arise (page history and authors); மருவு (Tamil) (page history and authors); arise (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arise (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తేలుపారు (Telugu) (page history and authors); arise (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आरुह् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); জগা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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