rising
(noun, adjective, verb, preposition)
adjective
1. advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
- a rising trend
- a rising market
Similar word(s): improving, up
2. sloping upward
Similar word(s): ascending, acclivitous, uphill
3. coming to maturity
- the rising generation
Similar word(s): future, emerging
4. newly come into prominence
- a rising young politician
Similar word(s): new
noun
1. a movement upward
Similar word(s): ascension, ascent, rise
Definition categories: event, travel
2. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Similar word(s): insurrection, rebellion, revolt, uprising
Definition categories: act, battle, conflict, struggle
Sentences with rising as a noun:
- the risings and fallings of a thermometer
- salt rising; milk rising
preposition
1. (US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.
- a horse rising six years of age
verb
1. present participle of rise