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rising
[rahy-zing]
adjective
advancing, ascending, or mounting.
rising smoke.
growing or advancing to adult years.
the rising generation.
adverb
somewhat more than.
The crop came to rising 6000 bushels.
in approach of; almost; well-nigh.
a lad rising sixteen.
noun
the act of a person or thing that rises.
an insurrection; rebellion; revolt.
something that rises; projection or prominence.
a period of leavening of dough preceding baking.
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.a morbid swelling, as an abscess or boil.
Also called riser.Nautical.a stringer supporting the thwarts of an open boat.
rising
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
noun
an insurrection or rebellion; revolt
the yeast or leaven used to make dough rise in baking
adjective
increasing in rank, status, or reputation
a rising young politician
increasing in maturity; growing up to adulthood
the rising generation
adverb
informalapproaching the age of; nearly
she's rising 40
Other Word Forms
- unrising adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of rising1
Example Sentences
The Neighborhood Kids, a rising young San Diego hip-hop group whose songs document the on-the-ground reality of communities under threat from immigration raids, will play its most prominent L.A. set to date there.
The report fed a rising cry for reform of the three-decade-old Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority that oversees contracting for the city’s and county’s homeless services.
He took the company public in 1995, with its share price rising 33% on the first day of trading in New York.
Authorities in Germany have been looking with interest at rising TFA levels in drinking water.
Household energy bills respond slowly to rising wholesale energy prices, and average bills, as set by the price cap, are due to come down in July.
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