verb

rise

ryz

verb

To move upward or increase.

"Prices continued to rise throughout the year."

"The sun rises in the east."

To get up from a lying or sitting position, or to get out of bed.

"She rises early every morning to exercise."

noun

An increase, or an upward slope.

"He asked his boss for a pay rise."

"The road climbed a steep rise before leveling out."

How to Use Rise

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo go up, get up, or increase — also, as a noun, an increase or a raise in pay.

Common mistake

Don't confuse "rise" (to go up by itself) with "raise" (to lift something else up) — the sun rises, but you raise your hand.

UK vs US

British English commonly uses "pay rise," while American English uses "raise."

Easily confused with

raise →

Common pairings

rise to the occasion rise and shine on the rise give rise to

Word Forms

rose past tense, risen past tense, rised past tense, rise plural, rose plural, Rises plural, rises singular, rise singular, rose singular, risest singular, rosest singular, riseth singular

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Etymology

From Old English rīsan, "to rise," from a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to arise" or "get up."

Synonyms

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get up increase go up

Antonyms

descend drop fall sink set be reduce decrease go down

Related Words

abandon die increase add accumulate fall break build

Rhymes for rise

Ise wise vise Lise arise noise raise anise guise poise Elise Boise

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