Used in a Sentence

rises

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for rises.

Editorial note

Yet of course they risk reverting to the mean as the sport's profile rises and challengers appear.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

To move upwards.

Meaning at a glance

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

verb

To move upwards.

verb

To grow upward; to attain a certain height.

verb

To slope upward.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rises.

verb

To move upwards.

verb

To grow upward; to attain a certain height.

verb

To slope upward.

verb

To become erect; to assume an upright position.

Example sentences

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Yet of course they risk reverting to the mean as the sport's profile rises and challengers appear.

2

If X rises 20% and the benchmark rises 15%, you've made money.

3

Pipe dream 2: The populace rises up and refuses to pay any fine unless the data is available via an API and legally binding.

4

As the density of the air falls with altitude, an airplane's stalling speed (true, not indicated) rises.

5

The stock market rises in nominal dollars, which is meaningless, since that is just a result of monetary inflation.

6

There is no sound of one hand clapping, because another hand always rises to meet it.

7

They're expensive because there's not enough high rises that would provide tons more housing space.

8

New construction increases property taxes, since new high rises pay a lot more tax than old row homes or vacant blocks.

9

Build lots of streets with high rises with light rail and commercial and residential stacked.

10

When deflation rises, businesses start feeling uncertain about the amount of money they can pull in regularly and start laying off workers.

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Realistically you'd probably only want to have enough people for the plan to succeed informed, any more and the chance of detection rises.

12

In my house in Chicago next to some high rises I could see 200-300 access points.

Quote examples

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Arguably nothing on an internet forum rises above trivial or "matters in the slightest", but that doesn't mean you get to violate the rules, which you're doing increasingly.

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But no real global impact by any of those "rises" can be seen.

3

Douglas wrote for the 5-4 majority, is "protected against censorship or punishment, unless shown likely to produce a clear and present danger of a serious substantive evil that rises far above public inconvenience, annoyance, or unrest...

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While the "in accordance with the laws of physics" may be overly catty, a bit of searching around suggests that smoke evacuation dampers are generally placed on the ceiling, and it's not unreasonable to think that's because, well, smoke rises, isn't it?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use rises in a sentence?

Yet of course they risk reverting to the mean as the sport's profile rises and challengers appear.

What does rises mean?

To move upwards.

What part of speech is rises?

rises is commonly used as verb.