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rising
A	noun
	1	rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising
			organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚conflict; struggle; battle ╚rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising ╚Indian Mutiny; Sepoy Mutiny ╚Peasant's Revolt; Great Revolt ╚mutiny ╚intifada; intifadah ╚insurgency; insurgence
	2	rise, rising, ascent, ascension
			a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚movement; motion ╚change of location; travel ╚rise, rising, ascent, ascension ╚upheaval; uplift; upthrow; upthrust ╚takeoff ╚rapid climb; rapid growth; zoom ╚liftoff ╚heave; heaving ╚elevation; lift; raising ╚climb; climbing; mounting
B	adjective
	1	rising
			newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician"

	2	emerging, rising
			coming to maturity; "the rising generation"

	3	acclivitous, rising, uphill
			sloping upward

	4	rising
			(of a heavenly body) becoming visible above the horizon; "the rising sun"

	5	rising
			advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market"

	6	rising
			increasing in amount or degree; "rising prices"