rising adj

1 advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market" [ant: falling]

2 (of a heavenly body) becoming visible above the horizon; "the rising sun" [ant: setting]

3 increasing in amount or degree; "rising prices"

4 sloping upward [syn: acclivitous, uphill]

5 coming to maturity; "the rising generation" [syn: emerging]

6 newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician"

1 a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" [syn: rise, ascent, ascension] [ant: fall]

2 organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, uprising]

English

Noun

rising

1. rebellion

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Adjective

rising

1. that which goes up

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Related terms

• rise

Rising may refer to:

• Rising (novel), the last novel of R. C. Hutchinson
• The following albums:
  • Rising (Rainbow album)
  • Rising (Donovan album)
  • Rising (Yoko Ono album)
  • Rising (Stuck Mojo album)
• "Rising" (Stargate Atlantis), the series premiere of the science fiction television program Stargate Atlantis
• Rising, a synonym for uprising
• Rising AntiVirus, a Chinese anti-virus company
• The 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Irish Rebellion
• The Rising

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