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rise

verb
  1. To adopt a standing posture: arise, get up, stand (up), uprise, upspring. Idiom: get to one's feet. See rise
  2. To leave one's bed: arise, get up, pile, roll out. Informal: turn out. Idiom: rise and shine. See rise
  3. To move from a lower to a higher position: arise, ascend, climb, lift, mount, soar. See rise
  4. To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal: beef up. See increase
  5. To have as a source: arise, come, derive, emanate, flow, issue, originate, proceed, spring, stem, upspring. See start
  6. To attain a higher status, rank, or condition: advance, ascend, climb, mount. Idiom: go up the ladder. See increase, rise
  7. To gain success: arrive, get ahead, get on, go far, succeed. Idioms: go places, make good, make it. See thrive
  8. To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force a government or ruling authority. Also used with up: mutiny, rebel, revolt. See resist
noun
  1. The act of rising or moving upward: ascension, ascent, rising. See rise
  2. An upward slope: acclivity, ascent. See rise
  3. A natural land elevation: eminence, hill, prominence. See high
  4. The act of increasing or rising: aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, boost, buildup, enlargement, escalation, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, proliferation, raise, swell, upsurge, upswing, upturn. See increase
  5. The amount by which something is increased: advance, boost, hike, increase, increment, jump, raise. See increase
  6. A progression upward in rank: advancement, elevation, jump, promotion, upgrade. See rise
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