uprising

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈʌpˌraɪzɪŋ/ UK /ˈʌpˌraɪzɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
an act of resistance or rebellion; a revolt

The peasants' uprising spread quickly across the province.

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Synonyms

1 noun · an act of resistance or... revolt rebellion insurrection revolution mutinyinsurgencyrising

Opposites

submission obedience compliance

Word family

Related forms rise uprise up

Etymology

From uprise plus -ing; a compound of up plus rise, from Old English rīsan ('to rise'), from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną.

up Middle English rīsan Old English

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# uprising

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈʌpˌraɪzɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈʌpˌraɪzɪŋ/

## Meanings
1. an act of resistance or rebellion; a revolt

## Examples
- The peasants' uprising spread quickly across the province.

## Synonyms
- revolt
- rebellion
- insurrection
- revolution
- mutiny
- insurgency
- rising

## Antonyms
- submission
- obedience
- compliance

## Related Forms
- rise
- uprise
- up

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: up
- Root: rīsan

## Etymology
From uprise plus -ing; a compound of up plus rise, from Old English rīsan ('to rise'), from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną.

## AI Etymology
Uprising comes from uprise plus -ing; a compound of up plus rise, from Old English rīsan ('to rise'), from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną. The historical chain includes Old English up and Old English rīsan. The quoted older sense, "to rise," supplies the immediate semantic anchor for uprising. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word uprising carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "an act of resistance or rebellion; a revolt". Related English forms include rise, uprise, and up. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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