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RISE TO POWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rise to power mean?
• RISE TO POWER (noun)
The noun RISE TO POWER has 1 sense:
1. the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
Familiarity information: RISE TO POWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
accession; rise to power
Context example:
Elizabeth's accession in 1558
Hypernyms ("rise to power" is a kind of...):
attainment (the act of achieving an aim)
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