rise
Noun
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subtypes:
- crime wave - a sudden rise in the crime rate
- wave - something that rises rapidly
- spike - a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
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subtypes:
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subtypes: uphill - the upward slope of a hill
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is a type of: change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of somethingsubtypes:
- climb, climbing, mounting - an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
- elevation, lift, raising - the event of something being raised upward
- heave, heaving - an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
- liftoff - the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad
- rapid climb, rapid growth, zoom - a rapid rise
- takeoff - the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
- upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust - (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
- uplifting - the rise of something
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is a type of: grade - the gradient of a slope or road or other surfacesame as: rising slope, upgrade
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is a type of: moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)same as: lift
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referred to in: theological system, theology - a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachingsis a type of: inception, origin, origination - an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent eventssame as: emanation, procession
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same as: advance
Verb
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is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallysubtypes:
- scend, surge - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
- climb, climb up, go up, mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom - rise rapidly
- go up - be erected, built, or constructed
- rocket, skyrocket - shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
- bubble - rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
- uplift - lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
- chandelle - climb suddenly and steeply
- steam - rise as vapor
- ascend, come up, rise, uprise - come up, of celestial bodies
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is a type of: grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
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is a type of: change posture - undergo a change in bodily posturesubtypes: take the floor - stand up to dance
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is a type of: become - come into existencesubtypes:verb group: develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
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is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
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is a type of: increase - become bigger or greater in amount
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is a type of: increase - make bigger or moresame as: heighten
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is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
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is a type of: grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gainsame as: prove
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is a type of: return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
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- Events ("What?")
- Nouns denoting acts or actions
- Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
- Nouns denoting natural events
- Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
- Specific
- Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
- Verbs of feeling
- Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
- Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
- Verbs of political and social activities and events
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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