What does rising mean?

Definitions for rising
ˈraɪ zɪŋris·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rise, rising, ascent, ascensionnoun

    a movement upward

    "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"

  2. rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprisingadjective

    organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

  3. risingadjective

    advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status

    "a rising trend"; "a rising market"

  4. acclivitous, rising, uphilladjective

    sloping upward

  5. emerging, risingadjective

    coming to maturity

    "the rising generation"

  6. risingadjective

    newly come into prominence

    "a rising young politician"

Wiktionary

  1. risingnoun

    rebellion

  2. risingadjective

    that which goes up

Wikipedia

  1. Rising

    "The Rising is the title track on Bruce Springsteens 12th studio album The Rising, and was released as a single in 2002. Springsteen wrote the song in reaction to the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City. It gained critical praise and earned Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, as well as a nomination for Song of the Year. Rolling Stone named it the 35th best song of the decade, and VH1 placed it 81st on its list of the "100 Greatest Songs of the '00s".

ChatGPT

  1. rising

    Rising generally refers to the upward movement or increase in something, such as the elevation, level, quantity, or value of a particular object, phenomenon, or concept. It implies a progression towards a higher position or status.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rising

    of Rise

  2. Risingadjective

    attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon

  3. Risingadjective

    increasing in wealth, power, or distinction; as, a rising state; a rising character

  4. Risingadjective

    growing; advancing to adult years and to the state of active life; as, the rising generation

  5. Rising

    more than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age

  6. Risingnoun

    the act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense)

  7. Risingnoun

    that which rises; a tumor; a boil

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rising

    rī′zing, n. act of rising: a revolt: resurrection: the quantity of dough set to rise at one time: (B.) a tumour.—adj. increasing in importance: advancing: approaching a specified amount, as rising three years old.—ns. Rī′sing-lark, the skylark; Rī′sing-line, a line drawn to determine the sweep of the floor-heads throughout the ship's length; Rī′sing-main, the column of pumps in a mine through which water is lifted to the surface; Rī′sing-seat, in a Friends' meeting, that occupied by ministers and elders.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. rising

    In heraldry, a term applied to a bird when represented opening his wings as if about to take flight.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. RISING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rising is ranked #14669 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rising surname appeared 2,027 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Rising.

    90.5% or 1,835 total occurrences were White.
    3.1% or 63 total occurrences were Black.
    3.1% or 63 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.7% or 36 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 16 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.6% or 14 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'rising' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2801

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'rising' in Adjectives Frequency: #975

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rising in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rising in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of rising in a Sentence

  1. Gary Peters:

    We understand that clearly rising prices is a problem for families and we're making efforts to help families deal with those rising costs, and you just contrast that to the Republicans, who are completely silent on actually how to fix anything, and in fact are engaged in extremist politics and want to take rights away from women, and are not talking about issues that American people care about.

  2. Governor Tate Reeves:

    After days of rising floodwaters, we do have some positive news to report this morning, it appears the Pearl River is currently at 36.74 feet (11.2 meters) and we that believe it is expected to be at or near its crest at this moment.

  3. Michael Hewson:

    Shale production and increasing capacity from countries like Russia who need to protect revenue combined with expectations of further Iranian supply mean actual production as well as expectations of future production are rising.

  4. Peter Layton:

    The very public withdrawal of the CBP seems to be deliberately timed to reinforce the regional perceptions of a rising South China, and a withdrawing America.

  5. Rupert Baker:

    The rising gold price is another one of the flashing red light signals coming up on the market.

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