rising

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a movement upward
noun organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
verb move upward

By surface analysis, rise + -ing.

Then I felt the bark rising. — Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, Joel Chandler Harris
Boxer rising (1900), 28, 225, 233. — A Wayfarer in China: Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall
"We're preparing for the rising," he said. — The Lost Prince, Frances Hodgson Burnett

rise, ascent, ascension

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