How do you use the word "rise" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "rise" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "rise": Interest rates will rise due to monetary tightening. Recently juvenile delinquency has been on the rise.

Rise Meaning

/ɹaɪz/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.

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

Sentence Examples

Interest rates will rise due to monetary tightening.

Recently juvenile delinquency has been on the rise.

The probability is that prices will rise rapidly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

lift raise climb

Antonyms:

fall descent

CEFR Practice Quiz

As the sun begins to ____ in the early eastern sky, the rooster crows.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She watched the sun ____ slowly above the horizon, casting long shadows across the empty beach.

Word Origin & History

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”), Welsh ardd (“hill, upland”), Latin orior (“to rise”), Ancient Greek ἔρις (éris, “quarell, strife; contention, rivalry”) (whence Greek έριδα (érida, “feud”)), Albanian rashë (“to have fallen; to have flopped”), Bulgarian ръст (rǎst, “size; stature; growth”), Czech růst (“growth”), Macedonian раст (rast, “growth, height”), Polish rost, wzrost (“growth”), Russian рост (rost, “growth”), Serbo-Croatian ра̑ст, rȃst (“growth”), Slovene rȃst (“growth”), Old Armenian յառնեմ (yaṙnem, “to arise, rise”) (whence Armenian հառնել (haṙnel, “to rise up”)), Persian رمبیدن (rombidan, “to collapse”), Tocharian A ar- (“to evoke”), Tocharian B er- (“to evoke”), Hittite 𒀀𒊏𒀀𒄑𒍣 (arāwanzi, “to rise”), Sanskrit ऋ (ṛ, “to rise”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead." — [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:

"Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair, In the morning, when we rise" — 1965, “Colours”, performed by Donovan:

"It was near nine[…]before the House rose." — 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter X, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

"Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall." — c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

"among the rising theologians of Germany" — 1846, Julius Hare, The Mission of the Comforter:

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