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Rising

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Noun

1. ascension, ascent, rise, rising

a movement upward

Example Sentences:
'they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon'

2. insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising

organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

Adjective

3. rising

advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status

Example Sentences:
'a rising trend'
'a rising market'

4. acclivitous, rising, uphill

sloping upward

5. emerging, rising

coming to maturity

Example Sentences:
'the rising generation'

6. rising

newly come into prominence

Example Sentences:
'a rising young politician'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rising

see synonyms of rising
noun
1. 
an insurrection or rebellion; revolt
2. 
the yeast or leaven used to make dough rise in baking
adjective (prenominal)
3. 
increasing in rank, status, or reputation
a rising young politician
4. 
increasing in maturity; growing up to adulthood
the rising generation
adverb
5. informal
approaching the age of; nearly
she's rising 40

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rising

see synonyms of rising
adjective
1. 
that rises; going up, ascending, mounting, advancing, sloping upward, etc.
2. 
advancing to adult years; growing; maturing
the rising generation
3.  Astrology
ascendant (sense 3)
4.  US, Informal, Dialectal
a. 
fully as much as; somewhat more than
b. 
approaching; nearing
in these meanings sometimes construed as a preposition
a man rising fifty
noun
5. 
the act or process of a person or thing that rises; esp., an uprising; revolt; insurrection
6. 
something that rises
; specif.,
a. 
a projection or prominence
b.  Dialectal
a boil, abscess, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rising

see synonyms of rising
adj.
1. Ascending, sloping upward, or advancing: a rising tide.
2. Developing or emerging: the rising generation.
3. Increasing in power or influence: a rising nation.
4. About to begin a certain grade or educational level: rising seniors.
n.
1. The action of one that rises.
2. An uprising; an insurrection.
3. A slope or hill.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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