rise

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To move upward or go higher.

   We watched the balloon rise into the sky.

2. 2
   verb

   To increase in amount, number, or level.

   House prices have risen sharply this year.

3. 3
   verb

   Of the sun or moon, to appear above the horizon.

   The sun rises in the east.

4. 4
   noun

   An increase in amount, number, or level.

   The workers asked for a ten percent rise in pay.

5. 5
   noun

   An upward movement or slope.

   The car struggled to climb the steep rise in the road.

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. Cognates Cognate with Dutch rijzen (“to rise”), German reisen (“to fall”), Limburgish rieze (“to rise”), Faroese and Icelandic rísa (“to rise”), Norwegian Nynorsk risa, rise (“to rise”), Gothic *𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*reisan, “to rise”) (whence 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”)). Non-Germanic cognates include Cornish ardh (“height”), Iris…

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