Rise
Definitions
- A surname.
- A surname
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
- Ellipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- The front of a diaper.
- A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
- The height of an arch or a step.
Conjugation
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Equivalents
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བོད་སྐད།ཤར
Catalàpujar
Danskhæve
Eestitõusma
Suomialkaaesiinmarssikasvaakasvukohoaminenkohontakohotakohottautualisääntyminenlisäysnouseminennoustanousu
Gaeilgeéirigh
Gàidhligèirich
Հայերենելնել
Íslenskahækka
Lietuviųkilti
မြန်မာထ
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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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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