Meaning

present participle and gerund of rise.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of rise
2. Rebellion.
3. The act of something that rises.
4. (US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.
5. Going up, physically or in quantity, rate, etc.
6. Planned or destined to advance to an academic grade in the near future, after having completed the previous grade; soon-to-be.
7. (heraldry, of a bird) Having its wings raised (either addorsed or sometimes displayed), standing on the tips of its feet as if about to take flight, typically depicted in profile.
8. (US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.

Example Sentences

the risings and fallings of a thermometer

Still talking—more to herself than to the children—she swam into a majestical dance of the stateliest balancings, the haughtiest wheelings and turnings aside, the most dignified sinkings, the gravest risings, all joined together by the elaboratest interlacing steps and circles.

salt rising

milk rising

A student in the rising Senior Freshman Class, who may not have passed the preceding Michaelmas Examination, will be allowed to join the School and attend Lectures during Michaelmas Term, for which he will receive credit, on condition that he passes the ensuing Hilary Examination with the Senior Freshman Class.

Residential colleges at Princeton are “really central to your identity on campus,” especially as a freshman, Ms. Chaffers, who is a rising junior, said in an interview on Saturday.

Affairs in Canada, with a population that had grown to rising ten thousand, seemed to be going from worse to worse.

Word Forms

• risings

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When Should You Use Rising?

Use rising when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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