Similar words: rise, arise, comprise, sunrise, surprise, memorise, surprised, summarise. Meaning: [raɪz] 
adj. (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon.
adj. (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon. 
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(121) The once docile population has finally risen up against the ruthless regime.
(122) Unemployment has risen steadily.
(123) Their membership seems to have risen to something over 10,000.
(124) The wind had risen again and it was starting to rain.
(125) The basic pay of the average worker has risen by 3 per cent.
(126) The party had risen, like a phoenix, from the ashes of electoral disaster.
(127) Profit will most likely have risen by about ￡25 million.
(128) The value of his investment has risen by more than $50,000.
(129) Profits have risen by 15 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year.
(130) As production has developed, the living standard of the peasants has risen considerably.
(131) Inflation has risen/fallen sharply.
(132) The company's spending has also risen following the launch of a new Sunday magazine.
(133) The January flood waters receded as fast as they had risen.
(134) Support for the Liberals has risen to 30 per cent.
(135) This store has risen in my opinion since they changed the manager.
(136) He has risen up the social scale from rather humble beginnings.
(137) She is a strong woman who has risen to the top of a deeply sexist organisation.
(138) He wanted to be over the line of the ridge before the sun had risen.
(139) Unemployment in Scotland has only risen by 11.4% compared with 15.8% nationally.
(140) The number of people seeking political asylum in Britain has risen dramatically.
(141) The organization has risen from the ashes to become very successful.
(142) His standing as a film director has risen in recent years.
(143) He looked at Livy and Mark(sentencedict.com/risen.html),[sentencedict.com] who had risen to greet him.
(144) The purchasing power of the average hourly wage has risen in the last five years.
(145) They have risen to the dizzy heights of the semi-finals.
(146) The proportion of women in the profession had risen to 17.3%.
(147) Death rates from heart disease have risen considerably in recent years.
(148) Prices have risen sharply, as we know only too well.
(149) Despite the Government's repeated assurances to the contrary, taxation has risen over the past decade.
(150) Earnings have risen comparably in the computer industry.