verb / noun · academic
rise
/raɪz/RISE
task1
to go up in level or amount; the act of going up
Examples
“Between 2010 and 2015 the number of visitors rose steadily.”
“There was a clear rise in unemployment in 2008.”
“A rise of 5% was recorded in exports last quarter.”
Band 8 sentence
“After a decade of slow recovery, employment figures rose markedly between 2016 and 2019.”
Collocations
- a rise in
- rise to
- steady/gentle rise
Word family
rise nounrise verb (base)rose verb (past)risen verb (past participle)
Common mistakes
rised→rose
They raised quickly→They rose quickly / They increased quickly
there was a rise of in price→there was a rise in price
Say it for a higher band
5go up→6increase→7+rise
Synonyms
increase
climb
Easily confused
raise
“The company raised its prices last month.”
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