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# rising

«rising» in Mova's school dictionary: **going up, or getting higher** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (-ing of rise: rising); adjective; noun (a rising, risings — a rebellion)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Rising means going up, or getting higher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#m1)

2) Rising means getting bigger in number, amount or strength, like rising prices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#m2)

3) The rising sun is the sun coming up in the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#m3)

4) Rising as an adjective describes something becoming more important or successful, like a rising star. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#m4)

5) A rising (noun) is a rebellion against rulers, such as the Easter Rising in Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#m5)

6) Rising can also mean getting up out of bed in the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography, warm air is rising; bread dough is rising because of yeast; sea levels are rising because of climate change; rivers are rising after heavy rain, which can mean floods — stay away from flood water. In maths, a rising graph shows an increase; «rising by 5 each time» describes a sequence. In history, the Easter Rising of Ireland is famous. Phrases: «rising sun», «rising tide», «rising star», «rising prices», «sea levels are rising».

### examples

- The sun is rising over the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#x1)
- Hot air is rising from the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#x2)
- Sea levels are rising around the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#x3)
- The river is rising after the storm, so keep away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#x4)
- The bread is rising in a warm place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#x5)
- The numbers are rising by three each time: 3, 6, 9, 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#x6)
- Prices keep rising at the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#x7)
- She's a rising star in tennis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#x8)
- A Cock, rising early, discovered what had happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/#x9)

### note

From the irregular verb rise: rise, rises, rose, risen, rising (drop the e). Do not confuse «rise» (go up by itself) with «raise» (lift something up): «The sun is rising»; «Raise your hand». In maths, «rising» means increasing.

### In the corpora

- [In autumn they fly about 10,000 kilometres to Africa, soaring on rising warm air instead of flapping.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa/5/)
- [tāng (high) is soup and táng (rising) is sugar or sweets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/2-the-four-tones/12/)
- [bú shì («BOO SHR!») means no, it isn't; bù becomes rising bú before a falling tone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/8/)
- [tián («tyen?», rising) means sweet; tiān, high and level, is sky or day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/12-tasty-spicy-im-full/11/)
- ["lóng" (rising) means dragon; Chinese dragons are lucky, wise and bring rain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/19-animals-and-your-zodiac-animal/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rising» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rising/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.