rise

CEFRB1

/ɹaɪz/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To move upward or become higher in position, amount, or level.

  2. 02

    noun

    An increase in amount, level, or position.

Examples

  • Interest rates will rise due to monetary tightening.

  • Recently juvenile delinquency has been on the rise.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɹaɪs/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.

  2. To move upwards.

  3. To grow upward; to attain a certain height.

More examples

In context

  • The probability is that prices will rise rapidly.

  • Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops.

  • This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.

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Origin

verb

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”), Irish arad, ard, árd (“high, tall”), Manx ard (“high, tall”), Scottish Gaelic àrd (“high”...