uprising
Syllables: up·ris·ing/ˈʌpˌɹaɪzɪŋ/
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British/ˈʌpˌɹɑjzɪŋ/
uprising noun: a popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection. Also the present participle and gerund of uprise.
Noun
uprising (plural uprisings)
- A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
- WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's...2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2019, page 18
- But in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, a large audience of Americans finally saw the real beta uprising in the violent Nazi rally that shut the city down, terrorized the population, and culminated in the vehicular homicide of a local leftist woman2018, Corey Pein, Live Work Work Work Die, →ISBN
Also used as
uprising is also the present participle and gerund of uprise.
uprising meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
uprising in Hindi
- a popular revolt
- विद्रोह vidroh, क्रांति krānti, विप्लव viplav, बग़ावत baġāvat
uprising in Tamil
- a popular revolt
- புரட்சி puraṭci, எழுச்சி eḻucci, கிளர்ச்சி kiḷarcci
uprising in Urdu
- a popular revolt
- بغاوت baġāvat, شورش śūriś
uprising in Bengali
- a popular revolt
- বিদ্রোহ bidrōho, উত্থান utthan
More languagesFewer languages
- uprising in Malayalam
- ലഹള lahaḷa, ജനകീയപ്രക്ഷോഭം janakīyaprakṣōbhaṁ
- uprising in Pashto
- شورش šoréš, عصيان osyãn, قيام qeyãm, طغيان toǧyãn
- uprising in Arabic
- ثَوْرَة ṯawra, عِصْيَان ʕiṣyān, تَمَرُّد tamarrud, فِتْنَة fitna
- uprising in Malay
- berontak, rusuhan, pemberontakan, kebangkitan
- uprising in Persian
- قیام qiyâm, خیزش xizeš, شورش šureš, عصیان 'osyân
- uprising in Thai
- การจลาจล gaan-jà-laa-jon, การปฏิวัติ gaan-bpà-dtì-wát, จลาจล jà-laa-jon, การกบฏ gaan-gà-bòt
- uprising in Vietnamese
- nổi dậy, khởi nghĩa
- uprising in Myanmar
- အရေးတော်ပုံ a.re:taupum
Examples of uprising in a sentence
- The knouting of the peasants went on for days in revenge for their uprising.
- The army was sent in to quell the uprising.
- Because the mechanical uprising has to start somewhere, may as well be me.
Forms of uprising
| plural | uprisings |
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Origin of uprising
By surface analysis, uprise + -ing.
Phrases with uprising
Questions about uprising
- What does uprising mean?
- Uprising means a popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
- What is uprising in Hindi?
- Uprising in Hindi is विद्रोह (vidroh), क्रांति (krānti), विप्लव (viplav). See Uprising meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is uprising?
- Uprising is a noun.
- How do you pronounce uprising?
- Uprising is pronounced /ˈʌpˌɹaɪzɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of uprising?
- The plural of uprising is uprisings.
Words near uprising in the dictionary
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