rising
/ˈɹaɪzɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
adj
Going up, physically or in quantity, rate, etc.
adj
Planned or destined to advance to an academic grade in the near future, after having completed the previous grade; soon-to-be.
adj
Having its wings raised (either addorsed or sometimes displayed), standing on the tips of its feet as if about to take flight, typically depicted in profile.
Example Sentences
- "the risings and fallings of a thermometer"
- "Still talking—more to herself than to the children—she swam into a majestical dance of the stateliest balancings, the haughtiest wheelings and turnings aside, the most dignified sinkings, the gravest risings, all joined together by the elaboratest interlacing steps and circles."
- "salt rising"
- "milk rising"
- "A student in the rising Senior Freshman Class, who may not have passed the preceding Michaelmas Examination, will be allowed to join the School and attend Lectures during Michaelmas Term, for which he will receive credit, on condition that he passes the ensuing Hilary Examination with the Senior Freshman Class."
- "Residential colleges at Princeton are “really central to your identity on campus,” especially as a freshman, Ms. Chaffers, who is a rising junior, said in an interview on Saturday."
Etymology
Usage
- American usage
- Dated
- Slang
- Countable
- Uncountable