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1
open fighting against authority (as one's own 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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2
the act or an instance of rising or climbing up
- the rising of the sun
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rising
verb
present participle of rise
Synonyms & Antonyms of rising (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
- the snow accumulation is rising at an alarming rate
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2
to leave one's bed
- I generally rise around six and leave for work by seven
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- catnapping,
- dozing,
- dropping off,
- lying up,
- napping,
- nodding,
- resting,
- sleeping,
- slumbering,
- snoozing
- couching,
- dossing (down)
- [chiefly British],
- flopping (down),
- lying (down),
- reclining
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3
to move or extend upward
- mountains majestically rising towards the sky
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“Rising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rising. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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