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rise
1. noun /raɪz/
a) The action of moving upwards.

The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.

b) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc); a raise.

The governor just gave me a rise of 2-pounds-6.

Ant: fall
2. verb /raɪz/
a) To move upwards.

We watched the balloon rise.

b) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planets rotation

The sun was rising in the East.

Syn: climb, come back from the dead, increase, go up
Ant: descend, drop, fall, sink, set, reduce, decrease, go down
See Also: arise, raise, rise to the occasion, rise up

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