rising
/ˈrʌɪzɪŋ
/adjective
1Going up, increasing, or sloping upward: the rising temperature rising ground...
- Alas, they're in serious trouble, threatened by everything from ship traffic to rising sea temperatures.
- Despite the rising temperature in the room, Nicholas's arm never left her waist as he guided her through the crowd of people.
- He raised the issue of climate change, including rising temperatures, as a result of the destruction of forests.
1.1Advancing to maturity or high standing: the rising generation of American writers...
- We need particularly to enhance our membership among the rising generation of members - those under age 40.
- They seek to define the rising generation of artists, who, it is presumed, will shape the next chapter in contemporary art.
- There's a rising generation of playwrights who have been very fortunate to teach and who are starting to have impact.
1.2Approaching (a specified age): the rising fives on the verge of school...
- It began freshman year of high school, and now, they are beginning their rising senior summer.
- Elizabeth was the new rising star in Hollywood.
- And they've fielded their share of rising stars over the years.
1.3 Astrology (Of a sign) ascendant.
2 [postpositive] Heraldry (Of a bird) depicted with the wings open but not fully displayed, as if preparing for flight.
noun
An armed protest against authority; a revolt: the Warsaw rising of 1944 the reforms led to peasant risings...
- In 1905 itself it was not so much the urban disorders as the peasant risings which most alarmed the government.
- A famine in that year caused further risings by the peasants against the communists.
- In the spring of 1648 a series of uncoordinated risings heralded the second civil war.
