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Definition of Rising
1. Noun. A movement upward. "They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
Generic synonyms: Change Of Location, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Climb, Climbing, Mounting, Elevation, Lift, Raising, Heave, Heaving, Liftoff, Rapid Climb, Rapid Growth, Zoom, Takeoff, Upheaval, Uplift, Upthrow, Upthrust, Uplifting
Derivative terms: Ascend, Ascensional, Ascend, Rise, Rise, Rise
Antonyms: Fall
2. Adjective. Advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status. "A rising market"
3. Noun. Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.
Generic synonyms: Battle, Conflict, Struggle
Specialized synonyms: Insurgence, Insurgency, Intifada, Intifadah, Mutiny
Specialized synonyms: Great Revolt, Peasant's Revolt, Indian Mutiny, Sepoy Mutiny
Derivative terms: Insurrectional, Insurrectionary, Insurrectionist, Rebel, Rebellious, Rebellious, Revolt, Rise
4. Adjective. Sloping upward.
5. Adjective. Coming to maturity. "The rising generation"
6. Adjective. Newly come into prominence. "A rising young politician"
Definition of Rising
1. a. Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon.
2. prep. More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age.
3. n. The act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense).
Definition of Rising
1. Verb. (present participle of rise) ¹
2. Noun. rebellion ¹
3. Adjective. that which goes up ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rising
1. the act of one that rises [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rising
Literary usage of Rising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1903)
"AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT ON THE rising OF 1647-1648 IN NAPLES PROBABLY no episode
of comparatively local importance in the middle of the seventeenth ..."
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