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rise
noun as in increase, improvement
Strongest matches
acceleration, advance, ascent, boost, climb, growth, hike, increment, inflation, progress, surge, upsurge, upswing, upturn
Strong matches
accession, accretion, addition, advancement, aggrandizement, augmentation, breakthrough, distention, doubling, enlargement, heightening, intensification, intensifying, markup, multiplication, promotion, raise, step-up, swell, upgrade, waxing
Weak matches
noun as in movement upward; upward slope
verb as in get up; ascend
verb as in increase, grow
Strongest matches
accelerate, advance, ascend, build, climb, double, expand, go up, improve, lift, move up, multiply, pick up, raise, soar, swell
verb as in progress in business
Strongest match
Weak matches
be elevated, be promoted, better oneself, climb the ladder, get on, get somewhere, go places, work one's way up
verb as in become apparent
Example Sentences
The quarterly rise marks the first year-over-year sales increase the company has seen in three quarters.
Maxwell House is changing its name to align with the nationwide living situation amid rising home prices.
Some may see his truth as a superficial one, but it’s a truth nonetheless, and it’s when he decides to excavate it onscreen that “Jay Kelly” rises above its more shallow, glitzy trappings.
She was among the 36 dead, with the emergency services saying that the death toll could rise as some of the injured, numbering about 200, were in a critical condition.
She said there had also been a rise in eating disorders, which could be partly explained as an attempt to exert control or because of the increased time spent online.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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