rise definition

1. a growth in strength or number or importance
2. the act of changing location in an upward direction
3. a movement upward
• examples: they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
4. an increase in cost
• examples: they asked for a 10% rise in rates
5. move upward
• examples: The fog lifted
• examples: The smoke arose from the forest fire
• examples: The mist uprose from the meadows
6. increase in value or to a higher point
• examples: prices climbed steeply
• examples: the value of our house rose sharply last year
7. rise up
• examples: The building rose before them
8. rise in rank or status
• examples: Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
9. become heartened or elated
• examples: Her spirits rose when she heard the good news
10. exert oneself to meet a challenge
• examples: rise to a challenge
• examples: rise to the occasion
11. increase in volume
• examples: the dough rose slowly in the warm room
12. come up, of celestial bodies
• examples: The sun also rises
• examples: The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
• examples: Jupiter ascends