risernoun
uk/ˈraɪ.zər/us/ˈraɪ.zɚ/riser noun (PERSON)
early/late riser
a person who usually gets out of bed early/late in the morning
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Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- awoke
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round
- conscious
- consciousness
- insomniac
- keep sb up
- knock
- land
- morning person
- not sleep a wink idiom
- rise and shine! idiom
- sit up
- stay
- stir
- toss
- wait up
- wake (sb) up
- waking
- woken
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riser noun (STEP)
[ C ] specialized architecture the vertical part of a step
risers [ plural ] US
a group of steps on which people sit or stand to see or be seen better
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Parts of buildings: stairs & lifts
- chairlift
- doorstep
- drag lift
- dumb waiter
- elevator
- escalator
- fire escape
- ladder
- lift
- ramp
- rope ladder
- rung
- stair
- staircase
- stairwell
- step
- stepladder
- stoep
- stoop
- tread
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riser noun (PRICE)
[ C ] something such as a share price or currency whose value has gone up during a particular period:
Old Mutual , the financial services group, was the biggest riser in the FTSE 100.