arise

/əˈraɪz/

/əˈraɪz/

Other forms: arose; arising; arises; arisen

Arise is a verb that means to get up, maybe to stand or get out of bed, like when you arise in the morning to get ready for the day.

The verb arise can apply to people when they get up but it can also apply to issues or situations that come up, like problems that arise when a leader takes away people's rights. What happens next? People might arise, meaning they rebel, protesting the leader's actions, maybe even declaring that they are no longer under his or her rule. If this happens, a new political party will likely arise, meaning "come into existence."

Definitions of arise

1. verb

   move upward
   “The smoke arose from the forest fire”

   synonyms: come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise

   types:

   scend, surge

   rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave

   climb, climb up, go up, mount

   go upward with gradual or continuous progress

   soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom

   rise rapidly

   go up

   be erected, built, or constructed

   rocket, skyrocket

   shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

   bubble

   rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles

   uplift

   lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces

   chandelle

   climb suddenly and steeply

   steam

   rise as vapor

   ascend, come up, rise, uprise

   come up, of celestial bodies

   scale

   climb up by means of a ladder

   escalade

   climb up and over

   ramp

   creep up -- used especially of plants

   mountaineer

   climb mountains for pleasure as a sport

   billow, wallow

   rise up as if in waves

   ride

   climb up on the body

   type of:

   go, locomote, move, travel

   change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
2. verb

   rise to one's feet
   synonyms: get up, rise, stand up, uprise

   antonyms:

   sit down

   take a seat

   lie down

   assume a reclining position

   sit, sit down

   be seated

   lie

   be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

   types:

   take the floor

   stand up to dance

   type of:

   change posture

   undergo a change in bodily posture
3. verb

   get up and out of bed
   synonyms: get up, rise, turn out, uprise
4. verb

   originate or come into being
   “a question arose”

   synonyms: bob up, come up

   type of:

   become

   come into existence
5. verb

   come into existence; take on form or shape
   synonyms: develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise

   develop

   be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest

   types:

   resurge

   rise again

   come forth, emerge

   happen or occur as a result of something

   come, follow

   to be the product or result

   swell, well up

   come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)

   head

   take its rise

   break

   come forth or begin from a state of latency

   type of:

   become

   come into existence
6. verb

   result or issue
   “A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion”

   synonyms: come up

   types:

   condense

   develop due to condensation

   open, open up

   become available

   come up

   be mentioned

   type of:

   come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place

   come to pass
7. verb

   take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
   synonyms: rebel, rise, rise up

   types:

   revolt

   make revolution

   mutiny

   engage in a mutiny against an authority

   type of:

   dissent, protest, resist

   express opposition through action or words