rise

1. past tense - rose; verb

1) (to become greater, larger, higher etc; to increase: Food prices are still rising; His temperature rose; If the river rises much more, there will be a flood; Her voice rose to a scream; Bread rises when it is baked; His spirits rose at the good news.) ανεβαίνω, αυξάνομαι, υψώνομαι

2) (to move upwards: Smoke was rising from the chimney; The birds rose into the air; The curtain rose to reveal an empty stage.) υψώνομαι

3) (to get up from bed: He rises every morning at six o'clock.) σηκώνομαι

4) (to stand up: The children all rose when the headmaster came in.) σηκώνομαι όρθιος

5) ((of the sun etc) to appear above the horizon: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.) ανατέλλω

6) (to slope upwards: Hills rose in the distance; The ground rises at this point.) υψώνομαι

7) (to rebel: The people rose (up) in revolt against the dictator.) εξεγείρομαι

8) (to move to a higher rank, a more important position etc: He rose to the rank of colonel.) ανέρχομαι

9) ((of a river) to begin or appear: The Rhône rises in the Alps.) πηγάζω

10) ((of wind) to begin; to become stronger: Don't go out in the boat - the wind has risen.) σηκώνομαι

11) (to be built: Office blocks are rising all over the town.) ορθώνομαι

12) (to come back to life: Jesus has risen.) ανασταίνομαι

2. noun

1) ((the) act of rising: He had a rapid rise to fame; a rise in prices.) ανύψωση, αύξηση

2) (an increase in salary or wages: She asked her boss for a rise.) αύξηση

3) (a slope or hill: The house is just beyond the next rise.) ύψωμα

4) (the beginning and early development of something: the rise of the Roman Empire.) άνοδος, ανάπτυξη, ακμή

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- rising

3. adjective

the rising sun; rising prices; the rising generation; a rising young politician.) ανατέλλων/ ανερχόμενος/ αυξανόμενος

- early

- late riser
- give rise to
- rise to the occasion