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Meaning of rising

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rising
      adj 1: advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or
             value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market"
             [ant: {falling}]
      2: sloping upward [syn: {acclivitous}, {rising}, {uphill}]
      3: coming to maturity; "the rising generation" [syn: {emerging},
         {rising}]
      4: newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician"
      n 1: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air
           balloon" [syn: {rise}, {rising}, {ascent}, {ascension}]
           [ant: {fall}]
      2: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one
         faction tries to wrest control from another [syn:
         {rebellion}, {insurrection}, {revolt}, {rising}, {uprising}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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