Meaning

24 senses
  1. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.

    (intransitive)To move upwards.

    We watched the balloon rise.

    Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops.

    steigen, aufsteigen, hochsteigen

    поднима́тьсяpodnimátʹsja, подня́тьсяpodnjátʹsja, встава́тьvstavátʹ

    підніма́тисяpidnimátysja, підня́тисяpidnjátysja, встава́тиvstaváty

    move upward

  2. (intransitive)To grow upward; to attain a certain height.

    This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.

  3. (intransitive)To slope upward.

    The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.

  4. (intransitive)To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.

    The sun was rising in the East.

    aufgehen

    всходи́тьvsxodítʹ, взойти́vzojtí

    схо́дитиsxódyty, зійти́zijtý

  5. (intransitive)To become erect; to assume an upright position.

    to rise from a chair or from a fall

    become more extreme

  6. (intransitive)To leave one's bed; to get up.

    get up and out of bed

  7. (figuratively, intransitive)To be resurrected.

    he rose from the grave; he is risen!

    auferstehen

    воскреса́тьvoskresátʹ, воскре́снутьvoskrésnutʹ

    воскре́сатиvoskrésaty, воскре́стиvoskrésty

  8. (figuratively, intransitive)To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.

    The committee rose after agreeing to the report.

  9. To increase in value or standing.

    (intransitive)To attain a higher status.

    rise in rank or status

  10. (intransitive)Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.

    zunehmen, ansteigen, sich erhöhen

    расти́rastí, вы́растиvýrasti, возраста́тьvozrastátʹ

    рости́rostý, зроста́тиzrostáty, підніма́тисяpidnimátysja

    increase in volume

  11. (intransitive)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.

  12. (intransitive)To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.

    to rise a tone or semitone

Examples

900 sentences
  1. The sun is about to rise.

    Сонце ось-ось зійде. — deniko

    ruСолнце вот-вот взойдёт. — Selena777

    deBald wird die Sonne aufgehen. — al_ex_an_der

  2. Prices are still on the rise.

    Ціни все ще зростають. — deniko

  3. The sun is rising.

    Сонце встає. — deniko

    ruСолнце встаёт. — Hellerick

    deDie Sonne geht auf. — BraveSentry

  4. The cost of living has risen.

    Вартість життя зросла. — deniko

    ruСтоимость жизни повысилась. — marafon

    deDie Lebenskosten sind gestiegen. — Manfredo

  5. The sun rises in the east.

    Сонце встає на сході. — deniko

    ruСолнце встаёт на востоке. — Balamax

    deDie Sonne geht im Osten auf. — abcd

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
to move upwards:
of a celestial body: to appear to move from behind the horizon:
to be resurrected:
of a quantity, etc: to increase:
Русский
By meaning 4
to move upwards:
of a celestial body: to appear to move from behind the horizon:
to be resurrected:
of a quantity, etc: to increase:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to move upwards:
of a celestial body: to appear to move from behind the horizon:
to be resurrected:
of a quantity, etc: to increase:
to have its source:

Origin

From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from P

From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, rise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to rise, spring”). See also raise.

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Forms

rises, rising, rose, risen
Base formrise · to rise
3rd person singularrises
Present participlerising
Past simplerose
Past participlerisen

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrise
he, she, itrises

Past simpleLesson

all personsrose

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave risen
he, she, ithas risen

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rise

Synonyms

19 synonyms
move upwards:climbA2go up
leave one's bed:ariseB1
be resurrected:come back from the deadbe resurrected
Close in meaning

Antonyms

8 antonyms
of a celestial body:setA1

Word family

20 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • rising rising
  • is rising rising
  • the sun rises
  • on the rise
  • sun rises
  • rise in the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rise — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto