# rise
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: rīz, IPA: /ɹaɪz/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Homophones: ryes, wries
* Rhymes: -aɪz
* for the noun, in the US, also rarely IPA: /ɹaɪs/

### Etymology 1

From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”). See also raise.
Cognate with West Frisian rize, Saterland Frisian riese (“to arise”), Dutch rijzen (“to rise, ascend, lift”), German Low German riesen (“to rise; arise”), German dialectal reisen (“to fall”), Norwegian Nynorsk risa (“to rise”), Icelandic rísa (“to rise”). Related also to German reisen (“to travel, fare”), Dutch reizen (“to travel”), Danish rejse (“to travel”), Swedish resa (“to travel”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rris (“I raise, grow”) and Russian рост (rost, “growth”).

#### Verb

rise (third-person singular simple present rises, present participle rising, simple past rose or (nonstandard) rised, past participle risen or (nonstandard) rised)
* (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
** To move upwards.
    We watched the balloon rise.
** To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
    This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.
** To slope upward.
    The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.
** (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
*** [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC: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. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.
    The sun was rising in the East.
** To become erect; to assume an upright position.
    to rise from a chair or from a fall
** To leave one's bed; to get up.
*** 1965, “Colours”, performed by Donovan:Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair, In the morning, when we rise
** (figurative) To be resurrected.
    he rose from the grave;   he is risen!
** (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
    The committee rose after agreeing to the report.
*** 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter X, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:It was near nine […] before the House rose.
* (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
** To attain a higher status.
*** c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
*** 1846, Julius Hare, The Mission of the Comforter:among the rising theologians of Germany
** Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
*** 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:Investors face a quandary. 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. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
** To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
    to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
*** 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
** To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
    to rise a tone or semitone
* To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
** To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
    to rise to the occasion
    Thus far, my intellect has been able to rise sufficiently to meet every academic challenge that I have encountered.
    As Patrick continued to goad me, I felt my temper rising towards the limits of my self control.
*** 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian‎:Professor Peter Crome, chair of the audit's steering group, said the report "provides further concrete evidence that the care of patients with dementia in hospital is in need of a radical shake-up". While a few hospitals had risen to the challenge of improving patients' experiences, many have not, he said. The report recommends that all staff receive basic dementia awareness training, and staffing levels should be maintained to help such patients.
** To develop, to come about or intensify.
    As hunger and despondency became more intense, a determination rose within me to find a way of getting off the desert island.
*** 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XV, page 24:To-night the winds begin to rise ⁠And roar from yonder dropping day: ⁠The last red leaf is whirl’d away, The rooks are blown about the skies; […]
** To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
    Has that dough risen yet?
** (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
*** 1802 December 1, “Interesting description of the Montanna Real”, in The Monthly magazine, or, British register, Number 94 (Number 5 of Volume 14), page 396:
    The majestic Marannon, or Amazon River, rises out of the Lake Launcocha, situated in the province of Tarma, in 10° 14ʹ south latitude, and ten leagues to the north of Pasco.
** To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
    a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower
** To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
*** 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:At our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection.
*** 1712 (date written), Alexander Pope, “Messiah. A Sacred Eclogue, in Imitation of Virgil’s Pollio.”, in The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. […], volume I, London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton, H. Lintot, J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, and S. Draper, published 1751, →OCLC, page 40:No more ſhall nation againſt nation riſe, / Nor ardent vvarriours meet vvith hateful eyes, […]
** To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
*** 1714 July 20 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “FRIDAY, July 9, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 565; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:A thought rose in me, which I believe very often perplexes […] men of contemplative natures.The spelling has been modernized.
* (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
    to rise a hill
* (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
    to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water
    to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it
** 1882, William Clark Russell, My Watch Below:Until we rose the bark we could not pretend to call it a chase.
* (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
** 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:He, […] rising with small honour from Gunza, […] was gone.
* To come; to offer itself.
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 59:There chaunced to the Princes hand to rize, / An auncient booke, […]
* (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.

##### Synonyms

* (move upwards): climb, go up
* (leave one's bed): arise, get up; see also Thesaurus:wake
* (be resurrected): be resurrected, come back from the dead
* (of a quantity, etc: to increase): climb, increase, go up

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “move upwards”): descend, drop, fall, sink
* (antonym(s) of “of a celestial body”): set
* (antonym(s) of “of a quantity, etc: to increase”): be reduced, decrease, drop, fall, go down

##### Coordinate terms

* raise

##### Derived terms

* arise
* a rising tide lifts all boats
* God willing and the creek don't rise
* Lord willing and the creek don't rise
* 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 to the purple
* 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

##### Translations

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#### Noun

rise (plural rises)
* The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
    The rise of the tide.
    There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday.
    Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure.
* The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
    The rise of the working class.
    The rise of the printing press.
    The rise of the feminists.
* (chiefly UK, also Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
* (UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) Ellipsis of pay rise: an increase in wage or salary.
    The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six.
* The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
    The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.
* The front of a diaper.
* (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
* An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
** 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian‎:the land rolls gently, so that, upon cresting a low rise or passing a copse of wind turbines, you suddenly spot a lot full of lorries or a complex of gigantic sheds.
** 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Chapter VII”, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:I went along up the bank with one eye out for pap and t'other one out for what the rise might fetch along.
* (informal) A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
    Making fun of their football team is one sure way to get a rise from a crowd.
    She really got a rise from the audience when she donned a wig and talked like the president.
* (architecture) The height of an arch or a step.
    As the rise, i.e. height, of the arch decreases, the outward thrust increases.
    Each step had a rise of 170 mm and a going of 250 mm.

##### Synonyms

* (increase in pay): raise, pay raise (US)

##### Antonyms

* fall

##### Derived terms

* dead rise
* earthrise
* get a rise
* get a rise from
* get a rise out of
* give rise to
* high-rise
* high-rise syndrome
* hi-rise
* low-rise
* moonrise
* on the rise
* pay rise
* rise form
* rise time
* rise to the purple
* Sherwood Rise
* sunrise
* take its rise
* take one's rise
* take the rise
* tax rise

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

rise (plural rises)
* Alternative form of rice (“twig”)

##### Derived terms

* rise-wood

##### Related terms

* risel

### References

* ↑ “rise”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* ↑ George Philip Krapp, The Pronunciation of Standard English in America (1919), page 119

### Anagrams

* EIRs, Eris, Iser, SIer, Seri, eirs, ires, reis, sire

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse risi, from Proto-Germanic *risiz..

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʁiːsə/

### Noun

rise c (singular definite risen, plural indefinite riser)
* (Norse mythology) A giant.

#### Inflection
### See also

* jætte.
* kæmpe.

### References

* “rise” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Galician
### Verb

rise
* first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of rir

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈri.ze/, (traditional) /ˈri.se/
* Rhymes: -ize, (traditional) -ise
* Hyphenation: rì‧se

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

rise
* third-person singular past historic of ridere

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

rise
* feminine plural of riso

### References

* ↑ riso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* Eris, IRES, ersi, resi, seri, sire

## Latin
### Participle

rīse
* vocative masculine singular of rīsus

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse risi. Cognate with German Riese (“giant”).

#### Noun

rise m (definite singular risen, indefinite plural riser, definite plural risene)
* mountain troll.
* jotun (jötunn).

##### Synonyms

* bergtroll
* jotun
* kjempe

### Etymology 2

From the noun ris (“spanking, whipping”).

#### Verb

rise (present tense riser, past tense riste, past participle rist)
* to spank

### References

* “rise” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “rise” in The Ordnett Dictionary

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²rɪːsə/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse risi, from Proto-Germanic *risiz.

#### Noun

rise m (definite singular risen, indefinite plural risar, definite plural risane)
* a giant, jotun

##### Alternative forms

* rese

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse rísa.

#### Verb

rise (present tense ris, past tense reis, past participle rise, present participle risande, imperative ris)
* e-infinitive and split infinitive form of risa

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

rise (present tense risar, past tense risa, past participle risa, passive infinitive risast, present participle risande, imperative rise/ris)
* e-infinitive and split infinitive form of risa

### References

* “rise” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈriː.se/, [ˈriː.ze]
* IPA: /ˈri.se/, [ˈri.ze]

### Verb

rīse
* inflection of rīsan:
** first-person singular present indicative
** singular present subjunctive

### Verb

rise
* inflection of rīsan:
** second-person singular preterite indicative
** singular preterite subjunctive

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

rise (Cyrillic spelling рисе)
* vocative singular of ris

## Tarantino
### Etymology

From Latin risus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).

### Noun

rise
* rice