Meaning of Rise | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A surname
3. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
4. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
5. An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
   Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, also
6. Ellipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).
   Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, sometimes
7. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
8. The front of a diaper.
9. A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
10. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
11. A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
    informal
12. The height of an arch or a step.

Equivalents

Examples

“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 war also triggered a number of forest fires that led to a 113% rise in emissions, according to the Initiative on GHG Accounting of War.”

“The rise of the working class.”

“The rise of the printing press.”

“The rise of the feminists.”

“The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six.”

“The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.”

“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.”

“I went along up the bank with one eye out for pap and t'other one out for what the rise might fetch along.”

“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.”

“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.”

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