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say it: rahyz
rise is a verb and noun meaning "move upward". It carries 27 recorded senses.
rise to one's feet
“The audience got up and applauded”
come into existence; take on form or shape
“A new religious movement originated in that country”
“a love that sprang up from friendship”
“the idea for the book grew out of a short story”
“An interesting phenomenon uprose”
become heartened or elated
“Her spirits rose when she heard the good news”
a growth in strength or number or importance
the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
“the emanation of the Holy Spirit”
“the rising of the Holy Ghost”
“the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son”
theology
an increase in cost
“they asked for a 10% rise in rates”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for rise come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.