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The sun will rise above the trees at dawn.
What does Rise mean?
Rise means to move up, get up, or become greater.
Dictionary definition
To move upward, get up, appear above the horizon, or become greater; also, an upward movement, increase, slope, or growth in importance.
Example sentences
Rise in a sentence
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Warm air began to rise from the pavement.
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Ticket prices may rise next month.
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The audience rose from their seats when the conductor entered.
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The graph shows a steady rise in the number of library visits.
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Commonly confused words
Raise or rise?
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Raise
To cause something to move up or become greater.
In a sentence The stage crew will raise the curtain.
Rise
To move up or become greater without a direct object.
In a sentence The curtain will rise at seven.
Spot the difference Raise normally takes an object: someone raises something. Rise normally has no direct object: the subject itself moves upward or becomes greater.
Which word fits?
Choose raise or rise for each blank. Say your answer, then check why it fits.
1Sunny weather may ___ the temperature inside the greenhouse.
Check answer 1
raise — The weather causes an object, the temperature, to become higher.
2The temperature may ___ quickly inside the greenhouse.
Check answer 2
rise — The temperature itself becomes higher, so rise has no direct object.
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Practice 1
What does rise mean in “Temperatures rise in the afternoon”?
Rise describes the temperatures themselves becoming higher.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses rise correctly?
Rise does not take an object here; the bubbles themselves move upward.
Practice 3
Choose the correct form: Water levels have ___ since yesterday.
After have, use the past participle risen.
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Partverb, noun.
MeaningRise means to move up, get up, or become greater.
ExampleExample: The sun will rise above the trees at dawn.
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Word family
Rise word family
Base word
rise
verb
rises
The present-tense form used with he, she, or it.
verb
rose
The irregular past-tense form, pronounced ROHZ.
verb
risen
The irregular past participle used with has, have, or had.
verb
rising
The -ing form used for movement or change that is continuing.
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Hint for students
Use rise when the subject moves upward, gets up, or becomes greater by itself. The usual forms are rise, rose, risen.
Common mix-up
Rise is normally intransitive, so it does not take the thing moved as a direct object. Write “Prices rose,” but “The shop raised prices.” For pay, British English commonly uses a rise and North American English a raise.
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Give students change cards such as balloon, sun, temperature, curtain, and voice. They write a rise sentence with no direct object, then add a believable cause and rewrite it with raise where possible, checking rose versus raised in the past tense.
Teacher prompt
Compare “The heat raised the temperature” with “The temperature rose.” Which sentence names a cause and an object, and which describes the change by itself?
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