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[ adjective ] advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
Examples "a rising trend" "a rising market" Used in print (Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)For such an industry , it is only `` safe '' to raise its price if such an increase is manifestly `` justified '' by rising costs ( due_to rising wages , etc . ) . For such an industry , it is only `` safe '' to raise its price if such an increase is manifestly `` justified '' by rising costs ( due_to rising wages , etc . ) . (Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)Youngish man on_the_make , Madden labeled him , and was ready to guess that in a correct , not too pushing fashion , the junior partner of the firm had political ambitions ; that Mrs._Garth would be impeccably suitable as the wife of a rising young lawyer ; that there were three children , two boys and a girl ; that she was active in the Woman 's Club and he in Lions , Rotary , and Jaycee ; and finally , that neither of them had harbored an unorthodox opinion since their wedding_day . |
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[ adjective ] (of a heavenly body) becoming visible above the horizon
Examples "the rising sun" Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)To him life was a restless boredom that began with the rising sun and ended only with sleep . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] increasing in amount or degree
Examples "rising prices" Used in print (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)`` He 's there '' , he got_out tersely , curbing his rising excitement . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 20002
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[ noun ] (politics) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Synonyms Related terms conflict mutiny Peasant's_Revolt intifada insurgency intifada indian_mutiny rebel |
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