rise

Also used as

rise is also the ellipsis of pay rise.

rise is also the alternative form of rice.

rise meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

Examples of rise in a sentence

• Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure.
• The rise of the feminists.
• And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me.[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
• Caesar Enrico “Rico” Bandello is a hoodlum who rises swiftly in Chicago’s mob world, in the 1931 film “Little Caesar.” Played by Edward G.2023 August 20, Richard Galant, “Opinion: A powerful weapon for prosecutors is now in the hands of Fani Willis”, in CNN:
• Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive.2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:
• While a few hospitals had risen to the challenge of improving patients' experiences, many have not, he said.2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian:

All 40 example sentences with rise

Synonyms of rise

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

Antonyms

• descend
• drop
• fall
• sink
• set
• be reduce
• decrease
• go down

All synonyms and antonyms of rise

Forms of rise

Past tense of rise: rose

Plural of rise: rises

Origin of rise

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 (răst, “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...

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

Variant spelling of Rice.

Words formed from rise

• rise-wood
• 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
• payrise
• pay rise

Related words

• risel

Phrases with rise

• low rise
• mid rise
• tax rise
• high rise
• moon rise
• rise form
• rise time
• star rise
• got a rise
• rise forms
• rise times
• Smoke Rise

Words that rhyme with rise

• size
• advise
• compromise
• exercise
• prize
• assize
• disguise
• surprise
• demise
• devise
• wise
• arise

Questions about rise

What does rise mean?

Rise means to move upwards.

What is rise in Hindi?

Rise in Hindi is चढ़ना (caṛhnā). See Rise meaning in Hindi.

How do you use rise in a sentence?

Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure.

What part of speech is rise?

Rise can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce rise?

Rise is pronounced /ɹaɪz/.

What is the past tense of rise?

The past tense of rise is rose.