Past tense of rise
irregular verb
The past tense of rise is rose. The past participle is risen.
Forms of rise
| Base form (V1) | rise /ɹaɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | rose /ɹəʊz/ |
| Past participle (V3) | risen /ˈɹɪ.zən/ |
| Present participle | rising /ˈɹaɪzɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | rises /ˈɹaɪzɪz/ |
Less standard forms: rised (nonstandard).
Rose and risen in a sentence
- Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops.
- he rose from the grave; he is risen!
- Foreign markets were lost as our currency rose versus their valuta.From the entry market
- The air was tense as the judge rose to deliver his verdict.From the entry air
- She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water.From the entry read
Meaning of rise
- verb To move upwards.
- verb To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- verb To slope upward.
Verbs like rise
Questions about the past tense of rise
- What is the past tense of rise?
- The past tense of rise is rose.
- What is the past participle of rise?
- The past participle of rise is risen.
- Is rise a regular or irregular verb?
- Rise is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
- Is rised correct?
- rised is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of rise is rose.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rise (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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