riseverb
uk/raɪz/us/raɪz/rose, risenrise verb (MOVE UP)
B1 [ I ] to move upwards:
[ I ] to stand, especially after sitting:
[ I ] formal to get out of bed:
[ I ] specialized geography If a river rises somewhere, it first comes out of the ground there:
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- Steam rose from the simmering stew.
- Suddenly, all her anger rose to the surface.
- What time does the moon rise?
- As water begins to boil, bubbles rise ever faster to the surface.
- This was a company that had risen from the dead.
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Moving upwards
- ascend
- ascent
- be on an upward/downward trajectory idiom
- bristle
- clamber
- climb
- come
- come up
- heave
- hoick
- levitate
- mount
- pull
- rear
- scale
- scramble
- shin
- shinny
- soar
- take off
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rise verb (INCREASE)
B2 [ I ] to increase:
[ I ] When emotions, etc. rise, they start to increase:
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- The day after the explosion the death toll had risen to 90.
- Used car sales have risen because of the increased cost of new cars.
- Employment levels are unlikely to rise significantly before the end of next year.
- The number of business failures rose steeply last year.
- The party's share of the vote rose from 11 percent in the last election to 21 percent this time.
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Price increases
- added value
- bounce
- dead cat bounce
- hyperinflation
- inflation
- inflationary
- jack
- jump
- markup
- put sth up
- rack sth up
- rebound
- rocket
- run
- run sth up
- shooting
- soar
- spiral
- surcharge
- zoom
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rise verb (BECOME SUCCESSFUL)
C2 [ I ] to become important, successful, or powerful:
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Being important and having importance
- bulk
- bulk large idiom
- centrality
- come
- come before sth/sb
- count
- cut
- cut to the chase idiom
- fish
- have bigger/other fish to fry idiom
- have/take pride of place idiom
- loom
- loom large idiom
- matter
- mean the world to sb idiom
- outweigh
- override
- reign
- signify
- weigh
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rise verb (BECOME HIGHER)
[ I ] to become higher:
[ I, I ] If bread or dough (= a soft uncooked mixture used for making bread) rises, it becomes bigger because of the action of yeast (= a fungus used in beer and bread making):
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- The temple's grand white arches rose conspicuously over the dirty decaying city.
- At the unspoiled North Bay, three white pyramids rise like futuristic sails from the sea.
- The white cliffs rise majestically from the sea.
- The gilded dome of the cathedral rises above the city.
- The office block rises above the surrounding buildings.
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Moving upwards
- ascend
- ascent
- be on an upward/downward trajectory idiom
- bristle
- clamber
- climb
- come
- come up
- heave
- hoick
- levitate
- mount
- pull
- rear
- scale
- scramble
- shin
- shinny
- soar
- take off
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rise verb (BE OPPOSED TO)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] (of a group of people) to begin to oppose or fight a bad government or ruler:
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Activism & pressure groups
- activism
- activist
- agitation
- agitator
- agitprop
- CND
- gay activist
- gherao
- groundswell
- guerrilla
- hunger strike
- lobby
- petitioner
- protester
- radical
- rasta roko
- rebel
- rebellion
- reformer
- stir
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rise verb (STOP WORK)
[ I ] formal If parliament or a court rises, it stops work:
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Moving upwards
- ascend
- ascent
- be on an upward/downward trajectory idiom
- bristle
- clamber
- climb
- come
- come up
- heave
- hoick
- levitate
- mount
- pull
- rear
- scale
- scramble
- shin
- shinny
- soar
- take off
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risenoun
uk/raɪz/us/raɪz/rise noun (INCREASE)
B2 [ C ] an increase:
increasing:
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- The rise in the value of the dollar has depressed the company's profits this year.
- There has been an alarming rise in the rate of inflation.
- All the evidence points to a substantial rise in traffic over the next few years.
- She claimed that the rise in unemployment was just a further manifestation of the government's incompetence.
- The rise in house prices meant that those who were selling enjoyed a bonanza.
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Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- a snowball effect idiom
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fire idiom
- balloon
- bump
- dial
- growing
- heighten
- hot up
- increase
- multiply
- pile
- scale sth up
- speed-up
- spurt
- step
- step sth up
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rise noun (MOVEMENT UP)
C2 [ S ] the process of becoming very famous, powerful, or popular:
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- The film tells anew the story of his rise to fame and power.
- The group had a meteoric rise to fame in the 70s.
- Her rise to fame was quite phenomenal - in less than two years she was a household name.
- The band enjoyed a seemingly unstoppable rise to success.
- He's only doing it to get a rise out of you.
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Making progress and advancing
- a step forward idiom
- advance
- advancement
- ahead
- be cooking idiom
- betterment
- develop
- go great guns idiom
- graduate
- grow
- grow into sb/sth
- grow out of sth
- have come a long way idiom
- pan
- shape
- simmer
- speciation
- spread your wings idiom
- steer a course/path idiom
- step
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rise noun (SLOPE/HILL)
[ C ] a small hill or slope:
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Geography: hills & mountains
- alpine
- arête
- Ben
- butte
- cirque
- cliff
- clifftop
- col
- drumlin
- hilltop
- hilly
- hummock
- incline
- knoll
- mountainous
- mountainside
- orographic
- ridge
- sheer
- shelf
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