rising

adj 1: advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value

or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market" [ant: {falling}]

2: (of a heavenly body) becoming visible above the horizon;

"the rising sun" [ant: {setting}]

3: increasing in amount or degree; "rising prices"

4: preceding the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative

plot; "the rising action" [ant: {falling}]

5: sloping upward [syn: {acclivitous}, {uphill}]

6: coming to maturity; "the rising generation" [syn: {emerging}]

7: newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician"

8: that are flowing inward; "the rising tide destroyed their

sand castle" [syn: {advancing}]

n 1: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air

balloon" [syn: {rise}, {ascent}, {ascension}] [ant: {fall}]

2: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one

faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: {rebellion},

{insurrection}, {revolt}, {uprising}]