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  • Rising may refer to:
  • In arts and entertainment:
  • Rising (Rainbow album)
  • Rising (Donovan album)
  • Rising (Yoko Ono album)
  • Rising (Seraphim album)
  • Rising (Stuck Mojo album)
  • Rising (Great White album)
  • Rising (The Go Set album)
  • "Rising" (Stargate Atlantis), the series premiere of the science fiction television program Stargate Atlantis
  • "Rising" (Dark Angel), an episode of the television series Dark Angel
  • Rising (novel), the last novel of R. C. Hutchinson
  • In geography:
  • Rising, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community

    Definition of rising in English Dictionary

  • NounPLrisingsSUF-ing
    1. rebellion.
      1. The act of something that rises.
        1. the risings and fallings of a thermometer
      2. (US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.
        1. salt rising; milk rising
    2. Verb
      1. present participle of rise.
      2. Adjective
        1. going up.
        2. Preposition
          1. (US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.
            1. a horse rising six years of age
        3. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • Park Williams , a bioclimatologist at Columbia University, said the study added to evidence that rising temperatures had exacerbated the lack of snow in California.
            • Recession and rising unemployment have put paid to most thoughts of further EU enlargement.
            • Just as the rising tide of cancellations leads the Census Bureau to overreport sales in the short term, it leads the government to underreport inventories.
          2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
            • Rising unemployment due to the economic downturn is spreading.
          3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • The percentage of patients with type 2 diabetes accepted for cardiosurgical procedures is rising.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Adjectives
            • Uncomparable adjectives
            • Nouns
              • Countable nouns
              • Prepositions
                • Verbs
                  • Verb forms
                    • Participles
                      • Present participles
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                1. en risings
                2. en rising up
                3. en rising damp
                4. en rising main
                5. en rising star
                Source: Wiktionary

                Meaning of rising for the defined word.

                Grammatically, this word "rising" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a preposition. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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