RISING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rising mean? 

• RISING (noun)
  The noun RISING has 2 senses:

1. a movement upward

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

  Familiarity information: RISING used as a noun is rare.

• RISING (adjective)
  The adjective RISING has 4 senses:

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

2. sloping upward

3. coming to maturity

4. newly come into prominence

  Familiarity information: RISING used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RISING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A movement upward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

ascension; ascent; rise; rising

Context example:

they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon

Hypernyms ("rising" is a kind of...):

change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rising"):

climb; climbing; mounting (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))

elevation; lift; raising (the event of something being raised upward)

heave; heaving (an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling))

liftoff (the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad)

rapid climb; rapid growth; zoom (a rapid rise)

takeoff (the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne)

upheaval; uplift; upthrow; upthrust ((geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building))

uplifting (the rise of something)

Derivation:

rise (move upward)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

insurrection; rebellion; revolt; rising; uprising

Hypernyms ("rising" is a kind of...):

battle; conflict; struggle (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rising"):

insurgence; insurgency (an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict)

intifada; intifadah (an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000)

mutiny (open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers))

Instance hyponyms:

Great Revolt; Peasant's Revolt (a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II)

Indian Mutiny; Sepoy Mutiny (discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow))

Derivation:

rise (take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance)

• RISING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Context example:

a rising market

Similar:

improving; up (getting higher or more vigorous)

Antonym:

falling (becoming lower or less in degree or value)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sloping upward

Synonyms:

acclivitous; rising; uphill

Similar:

ascending (moving or going or growing upward)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Coming to maturity

Synonyms:

emerging; rising

Context example:

the rising generation

Similar:

future (yet to be or coming)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Newly come into prominence

Context example:

a rising young politician

Similar:

new (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)

 Context examples 

Mr. Wickfield, without rising, looked after him thoughtfully as he went out.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The United Nations agency says rising temperatures are ushering in more extreme weather with huge socioeconomic impact.

(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)

It was clear, from the moment of his rising, that he had a number of friends and sympathizers in the hall, though they formed a minority in the audience.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The act of rising to a higher point.

(Climbing, NCI Thesaurus)

It was by this time half-past five, and the sun was on the point of rising; but I found the kitchen still dark and silent.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A group of muscles between the esophagus and stomach that actively prevents food from rising up out of the stomach.

(Lower Esophageal Sphincter, NCI Thesaurus)

I told the servants not to disturb the family, and went into the library to attend their usual hour of rising.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

However, atmospheric levels of two replacement chemicals are rising.

(Warming due to carbon dioxide jumped by half in 25 years, NOAA)

Rising sea levels, for example, would result in increased sulfate, which could fuel greater rates of anaerobic oxidation.

(Methane-eating microorganisms help regulate emissions from wetlands, NSF)

Something in their island environment must have kept their blood pressure from rising.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)