rising

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noun

ris·​ing ˈrī-ziŋ How to pronounce rising (audio)
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rising

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adverb

: approaching a stated age : nearly
a mare rising nine years old

Examples of rising in a Sentence

Noun He was the leader of an armed rising against the elected government. a great rising of the people was all it took to bring down a regime that imagined that it would endure for a thousand years
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Noun
How Each Phase May Affect Your Training The follicular phase runs roughly from day 1 through day 14, with estrogen rising. Allison Palmer june 4, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026 Capital markets are also outperforming, with the Tel Aviv 35 surging and the shekel rising. Dan Mangan,emma Graham,hugh Leask,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 June 2026 There’s also a valuable dark-sky window around the month’s New Moon, the arrival of the summer solstice and the rising of the Strawberry Moon late in the month. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Underlying the Persian Gulf itself is a basin filled with debris eroded from the rising of the Zagros Mountains. Scott L. Montgomery, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rising

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Adverb

1734, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rising was in the 14th century

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“Rising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rising. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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