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[ rahy-zing ] / ˈraɪ zɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rising ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveadvancing, ascending, or mounting: rising smoke. growing or advancing to adult years: the rising generation. adverb Informal.somewhat more than: The crop came to rising 6000 bushels. in approach of; almost; well-nigh: a lad rising sixteen. nounthe act of a person or thing that rises. an insurrection; rebellion; revolt. something that rises; projection or prominence. a period of leavening of dough preceding baking. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a morbid swelling, as an abscess or boil. Also called riser. Nautical. a stringer supporting the thwarts of an open boat. Origin of risingFirst recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English (gerund). See rise, -ing2, -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM risingun·ris·ing, adjectiveWords nearby risingrise to the bait, rise to the occasion, rishi, risibility, risible, rising, rising action, rising damp, rising diphthong, rising hinge, rising rhythm Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for risingSince then, the rising gap between the rich and middle- and lower-income families has risen to the fore. Christie Blames Parents for Bad Economy|Monica Potts|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST Launched just 13 years ago, it quickly became a serious rival to MAS and a rising juggernaut in Asia. The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370|Lennox Samuels|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rising up from scooping bay, the steep topography—hemmed by hills of evergreens—promises panoramas at practically every turn. Next Stop, Quito: Our Top Cities for 2015|Brandon Presser|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Since rising to power over the past five years, Boko Haram has killed more than 6,000 Nigerians. The New Face of Boko Haram’s Terror: Teen Girls|Nina Strochlic|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No law or even revolution in police tactics can fully curb the rising expectations that come with a wired world. Dear GOP: Fix the Damn Justice System!|Jonathan Alter|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST But the watcher made no movement, nor could I hear a sound, save that of the rising wind playing its dirge through the woods. In Hostile Red|Joseph Altsheler This sport may be carried on from the 24th of July till October, from the rising to the setting of the sun. The Natural History of Cage Birds|J. M. Bechstein University professors, stout majors, rising early in the morning, hire boys and practise back-handers and half-volleys. Idle Ideas in 1905|Jerome K. Jerome The rising Nile moistening and fertilizing the land, prepares the way for the sower. What a blow this was to all her rising hopes, founded on the fact of his having shown anxiety to find them out. Flora Adair, Vol. 1 (of 2)|A. M. Donelan
British Dictionary definitions for rising
nounan insurrection or rebellion; revolt the yeast or leaven used to make dough rise in baking adjective (prenominal)increasing in rank, status, or reputationa rising young politician increasing in maturity; growing up to adulthoodthe rising generation adverbinformal approaching the age of; nearlyshe's rising 40 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to risingsoaring, growing, increasing, spiraling, ascending, surging, mounting, emerging, skyrocketing, advancing, going up, upsurging |