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ris·ing
(rī′zĭng)adj.
1. Ascending, sloping upward, or advancing: a rising tide.
2. Developing or emerging: the rising generation.
3. Increasing in power or influence: a rising nation.
4. About to begin a certain grade or educational level: rising seniors.
n.
1. The action of one that rises.
2. An uprising; an insurrection.
3. A slope or hill.
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rising
(ˈraɪzɪŋ)n
1. an insurrection or rebellion; revolt
2. (Cookery) the yeast or leaven used to make dough rise in baking
adj (prenominal)
3. increasing in rank, status, or reputation: a rising young politician.
4. increasing in maturity; growing up to adulthood: the rising generation.
adv
informal approaching the age of; nearly: she's rising 40.
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ris•ing
(ˈraɪ zɪŋ)adj.
1. advancing, ascending, or mounting.
2. growing or advancing to adult years: the rising generation.
adv. 3. somewhat more than: The crop came to rising 6000 bushels.
4. in approach of; almost: a lad rising sixteen.
n. 5. the act of a person or thing that rises.
6. a rebellion; uprising.
7. a projection or prominence.
8. a stringer supporting the thwarts of an open boat.
[1150–1200]
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Rising
- Everything undulates like water weed —John Berger
Berger’s simile appeared in his afterword for the published script of the movie, Nineteen-Nineteen.
- Got up clumsily, cautiously, like one standing in a stalled Ferris wheel —Stanley Elkin
- Lifts like a starting gate —Daniel Berrigan
- Popped up … like a released spring —Elizabeth Spencer
- Raising himself in his seat like a panelist answering a question from the audience —Kingsley Amis
- Reared like a seal —Erich Maria Remarque
- (He felt his cock) rearing up like a kite —Jilly Cooper
- Rise (from sleep) like driftwood out of surf —Karl Shapiro
- (Smoke that) rises like birds —D. H. Lawrence
- Rising gawkily like a tame goose trying to fly —Margaret Laurence
- Rising like a north wind —Lawrence Durrell
- Rising like a salmon against the bullnecked river —Louis MacNeice
- Rising like cakes —Thomas Lux
- Rising uncomfortably, like a schoolboy in the presence of a censuring teacher —Jan Kubicki
- Rose like bubbles to the surface —Ivo Andric
- Rose, like royalty —Edna Ferber
- Rose … slowly, like a statue coming reluctantly to life —James Crumley
- Rose to go … like a business man who has wasted a valuable twenty minutes on a prospective customer —Christopher Isherwood
- Rose up like a flying swan —Stevie Smith
- Scrambled back out of his chair like a foot soldier ducking a grenade —Robert Lewis Taylor
- Stood [up to go], like Cinderella hearing the stroke of midnight —Eric Knight
- Stood up, tawny and twinkling like a mobile in a breeze —Dick Francis
- Surfaced like a nugget on sinking soil —Derek Lambert
- Surfaced like a trout that had spotted a dragonfly just above the water —Joan Hess
What surfaces in Hess’ novel, Strangled Prose, is a character’s alter ego.
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| Noun | 1. |  rising - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something climbing, mounting, climb - an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) elevation, raising, lift - the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" heave, heaving - an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" liftoff - the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad takeoff - the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne uplift, upthrow, upthrust, upheaval - (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) uplifting - the rise of something; "the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky" |
| 2. |  rising - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from anotherconflict, struggle, battle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" insurgence, insurgency - an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict intifada, intifadah - an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000; "the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993" mutiny - open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) | |
| Adj. | 1. | rising - advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market" falling - becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling market"; "falling incomes" |
| 2. |  rising - sloping upward ascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed" | |
| 3. | rising - coming to maturity; "the rising generation" future - yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him" | |
| 4. | rising - newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician" new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World" |
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rising
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
تَمَرُّد، عِصْيانشُروق، بُزوغمُشْرِقه، مُرْتَفِعَه
nadějnýnastupujícípovstánístoupajícístoupání
lovendeoprøropstigningopvoksende
felkelésfelnövõ
rísandi, upprennandiupprás, uppkomauppreisn
nastupujúcivychádzajúcic
rising
[ˈraɪzɪŋ]A. ADJ
1. (= increasing) [number, quantity] → creciente; [prices etc] → en aumento, en alza (Fin) [trend] → alcista
the rising number of murders → el creciente número de homicidios
with rising alarm → con creciente alarma
the rising number of murders → el creciente número de homicidios
with rising alarm → con creciente alarma
2. (= getting higher) [sun, moon] → naciente; [ground] → en pendiente; [tide] → creciente
the house stood on rising ground → la casa estaba construída sobre una pendiente
the house stood on rising ground → la casa estaba construída sobre una pendiente
3. (fig) (= promising) → prometedor
rising politician → político m en alza
the rising generation → las nuevas generaciones
rising politician → político m en alza
the rising generation → las nuevas generaciones
C. N
1. (= uprising) → rebelión f, sublevación f
2. [of river] → nacimiento m; [of sun etc] → salida f
3. on the rising of the House (Parl) → al suspenderse la sesión
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rising
[ˈraɪzɪŋ] adj
(= increasing) [number, level, rate] → croissant(e)
Rising interest rates are bad for borrowers → Les taux d'intérêt croissants sont préjudiciables pour les emprunteurs.
Rising interest rates are bad for borrowers → Les taux d'intérêt croissants sont préjudiciables pour les emprunteurs.
[tide] → montant(e)
[sun, moon, star] → levant(e)
(= up-and-coming) → d'avenir
n (= uprising) → soulèvement m, insurrection frising damp n → humidité f (montant des fondations)rising star n
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
rising
n
(of sun, star) → Aufgehen nt, → Aufgang m; (of barometer, prices, river) → (An)steigen nt; (from dead) → Auferstehung f; (of theatre curtain) → Hochgehen nt; (of ground) → Steigung f, → Anstieg m; the rising and falling of … → das Auf und Ab (+gen) → …
(= adjournment: of Parliament etc) → Auseinandergehen nt
adj
sun, star → aufgehend; tide, barometer → steigend; (= sloping) ground → ansteigend; the rising sap → der aufsteigende Saft
(= increasing) prices, inflation, stock market, currency → steigend; unemployment → steigend, zunehmend; crime → zunehmend; wind → aufkommend; hopes → steigend; anger, fury → wachsend; the rising tide of violence → die zunehmende Welle der Gewalt
(fig) a rising young doctor → ein aufstrebender junger Arzt; a rising politician → ein kommender Politiker; the rising generation → die kommende Generation; (the) rising threes/fives (Brit Sch) → die knapp Drei-/Fünfjährigen
adv (inf) she’s rising sixteen → sie ist fast sechzehn
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
rising
[ˈraɪzɪŋ]1. adj
a. (increasing, number) → sempre crescente; (prices) → in aumento; (tide) → montante; (anger, alarm, doubt) → crescente
b. (getting higher, sun, moon) → nascente, che sorge; (ground) → in salita (fig) (promising) → promettente
2. n (uprising) → sommossa
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rise
(raiz) – past tense rose (rouz) : past participle risen (ˈrizn) – verb1. to become greater, larger, higher etc; to increase. Food prices are still rising; His temperature rose; If the river rises much more, there will be a flood; Her voice rose to a scream; Bread rises when it is baked; His spirits rose at the good news.
2. to move upwards. Smoke was rising from the chimney; The birds rose into the air; The curtain rose to reveal an empty stage.
3. to get up from bed. He rises every morning at six o'clock.
4. to stand up. The children all rose when the headmaster came in.
5. (of the sun etc) to appear above the horizon. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
6. to slope upwards. Hills rose in the distance; The ground rises at this point.
7. to rebel. The people rose (up) in revolt against the dictator.
8. to move to a higher rank, a more important position etc. He rose to the rank of colonel.
9. (of a river) to begin or appear. The Rhône rises in the Alps.
10. (of wind) to begin; to become stronger. Don't go out in the boat – the wind has risen.
11. to be built. Office blocks are rising all over the town.
12. to come back to life. Jesus has risen.
noun1. (the) act of rising. He had a rapid rise to fame; a rise in prices.
2. an increase in salary or wages. She asked her boss for a rise.
3. a slope or hill. The house is just beyond the next rise.
4. the beginning and early development of something. the rise of the Roman Empire.
ˈrising noun1. the act or rising. the rising of the sun.
2. a rebellion. The king executed those who took part in the rising.
adjectivethe rising sun; rising prices; the rising generation; a rising young politician.
early/late riser a person who gets out of bed early or late in the day.
give rise to to cause. This plan has given rise to various problems.
rise to the occasion to be able to do what is required in an emergency etc. He had never had to make a speech before, but he rose to the occasion magnificently.
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