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By all means, strive to rise above the mediocre.

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Quick take

a growth in strength or number or importance

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rise gathered in one view.

noun

a growth in strength or number or importance

noun

the act of changing location in an upward direction

noun

an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rise.

noun

a growth in strength or number or importance

noun

the act of changing location in an upward direction

noun

an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

See also: ascent, acclivity, raise, climb, upgrade

noun

a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"

noun

the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"

noun

the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

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a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

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(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son"

noun

an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"

noun

increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"

verb

move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

verb

increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

verb

rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"

verb

rise up; "The building rose before them"

verb

come to the surface

verb

come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"

See also: originate, arise, develop, uprise, grow

verb

move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great

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go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

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become more extreme; "The tension heightened"

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get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"

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rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

verb

become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"

verb

exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"

verb

take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

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increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"

verb

come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"

verb

return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"

Example sentences

By all means, strive to rise above the mediocre.

Look at the rise of the 8-bit look and sound that harks back to an earlier era.

Handle it maturely, rise above and walk away.

Given China's rise, its wise long-term to keep a presence in the region.

I don't think enough emphasis is put in these studies on the rise of cheap entertainment for bored male youth.

In his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, he says:"We can rise above our genes, indeed, we do every time we use contraceptives.

Work - hard work, even menial work - is exactly what helps shape most people to rise above the frittering stage and to make something of themselves.

With the rise of mock object frameworks, however, your tests specifically say "this method on this mock will be called X number of times, with this result".

The talent that he helped attract and the products they create are responsible for Apple's stock price rise and continued profitability since his death.

"I, for one, am floored that someone in city government was able to rise above the bureaucracy and ship something truly useful and delightful for citizens.

No one should ever feel that failure on any particular project will result in a ruined career - the omnipresence of that fear is what has given rise to timid film-making in the mainstream.

The rise of in-house lawyers was in part a reaction to the high cost of outside services but, in time, those lawyers were also used routinely to "manage" the outside firms by keeping their billings in line, among other things.

The person in whom Its invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will kill herself the same way a trapped person will eventually jump from the window of a burning high-rise.

> Former CEO Eric Schmidt admitted in an interview at the D conference in 2011 that he missed the boat on the rise of identity on the Internet.> “I clearly knew that I had to do something, and I failed to do it,” he said.