ariseverb [ I ]
uk/əˈraɪz/us/əˈraɪz/arose, arisenarise verb [ I ] (HAPPEN)
C1 formal to happen:
Should the opportunity arise, I'd love to go to China.
Could you work on Saturday, should the need arise (= if it were to be necessary)?
Are there any matters arising from (= caused by) the last meeting?
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- If any complications arise, let me know and I'll help.
- Problems arise if the parents' approach to discipline is inconsistent.
- An occasion may arise when you can use your knowledge of French.
- An unforeseen difficulty has arisen.
- His reputation for carelessness was established long before the latest problems arose.
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Occurring and happening
- afoot
- assail
- asynchronous
- attendant
- be at work idiom
- become
- come
- come up
- event
- go ahead
- go down
- go hand in hand with sth idiom
- go together
- go with sth
- hand
- happen
- intervene
- materialize
- turn up
- underway
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arise verb [ I ] (GET UP)
literary to get out of bed:
We arose early on Christmas morning.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Moving upwards
- ascend
- ascent
- be on an upward/downward trajectory idiom
- bristle
- clamber
- climb
- come
- come up
- heave
- hoick
- levitate
- mount
- pull
- rear
- rise
- scale
- scramble
- shinny
- soar
- take off
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