rise

«rise» in Mova's school dictionary: to go up, move upward: «Smoke rises» — 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 (rise, rises, rose, risen, rising); noun (a rise, rises)

meaning for a pupil

1) To rise is to go up, move upward: «Smoke rises». tree →

2) The Sun rises when it appears in the morning. tree →

3) To rise is to increase: «Prices rose». tree →

4) To rise is to get up: from bed or from a chair. tree →

5) A rise is an increase, or (UK) more pay. tree →

6) A rise is a small hill or slope. tree →

7) When bread dough rises, it swells up and grows bigger before it is baked. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, hot air and smoke rise because they are lighter than the cooler air around them; bread rises because of yeast; the Sun appears to rise in the east because the Earth spins. In maths and data, «a rise of 5 degrees» means add 5. In safety, flood waters can rise quickly. Phrases: «rise and shine» (wake up), «on the rise» (increasing), «give rise to» (cause), «rise to the challenge».

examples

• The Sun rises in the east. tree →
• Hot air rises. tree →
• The temperature rose to 30 degrees. tree →
• The river is rising after the storm. tree →
• All rise for the judge. tree →
• Rise and shine — time for school! tree →
• There was a rise in the number of visitors. tree →
• The dough has risen nicely. tree →
• Tattlin' 'oman can't make de bread rise. tree →

note

Irregular: rise, rose, risen. «Rise» has no object (the sun rises); «raise» has an object (raise your hand). Do not confuse «rose» (past of rise) with «rose» (the flower). Maths: «rose from 12 to 20» means a rise of 20 − 12 = 8.

In the corpora

• A pay rise is an increase in pay; some come each year, others have to be asked for.
• If prices rise and pay doesn't, a person is really getting poorer each year.
• Energy bills pay for gas and electricity, and their prices rise and fall with world events.
• Inflation means prices rise over time, so the same pound buys less; if pay rises more slowly, families are worse off.
• A landlord is allowed to raise the rent, usually with warning, and a rise leaves less money for other things.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.