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Rising
//ˈɹaɪzɪŋ// adj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Going up, physically or in quantity, rate, etc. not-comparable
- 2 Planned or destined to advance to an academic grade in the near future, after having completed the previous grade; soon-to-be. not-comparable
"A student in the rising Senior Freshman Class, who may not have passed the preceding Michaelmas Examination, will be allowed to join the School and attend Lectures during Michaelmas Term, for which he will receive credit, on condition that he passes the ensuing Hilary Examination with the Senior Freshman Class."
- 3 Having its wings raised (either addorsed or sometimes displayed), standing on the tips of its feet as if about to take flight, typically depicted in profile. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 newly come into prominence wordnet
- 2 coming to maturity wordnet
- 3 sloping upward wordnet
- 4 advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
- 1 Rebellion.
- 2 organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another wordnet
- 3 The act of something that rises.
"the risings and fallings of a thermometer"
- 4 a movement upward; rise above the ground wordnet
- 5 A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment. US, dated
"salt rising"
Preposition
- 1 More than; exceeding; upwards of. US, dated, slang
"Affairs in Canada, with a population that had grown to rising ten thousand, seemed to be going from worse to worse."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of rise form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
By surface analysis, rise + -ing.
Etymology 2
By surface analysis, rise + -ing.
Etymology 3
By surface analysis, rise + -ing.
Etymology 4
By surface analysis, rise + -ing.
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