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arise

noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈɹaɪz/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /əˈɹɑez/
  • New-Zealand: [əˈɹɑe̯z]
  • rhymes with -aɪz
  • CMU ARPABET: ER0 AY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Arising, rising.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To come up from a lower to a higher position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • to arise from a kneeling posture

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rise, spring, stand up

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • He arose early in the morning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: awaken, see Thesaurus:wake

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • A cloud arose and covered the sun.
  • A new challenge will arise every time you think you've solved the last one.
  • The issue began to arise when the team members couldn't agree on the plan.
  • Problems can arise unexpectedly, but we need to be prepared for them.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

get up and out of bed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I get up at 7 A.M. every day
  • They rose early
  • He uprose at night

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get up, turn out, uprise, rise

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

result or issue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: come up

Antonyms: none provided

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

Narrower terms: condense, open, open up, come up

7

verb

Meaning 7

move upward

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The fog lifted
  • The smoke arose from the forest fire
  • The mist uprose from the meadows

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote

Narrower terms: scend, surge, climb, climb up, mount, go up, soar, soar up, soar upwards, zoom, rocket, skyrocket, bubble, uplift, chandelle, steam, rise, come up, uprise, ascend

8

verb

Meaning 8

rise to one's feet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The audience got up and applauded

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rise, uprise, get up, stand up

Antonyms: sit down, lie down

Broader terms: change posture

Narrower terms: take the floor

9

verb

Meaning 9

take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rebel, rise, rise up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: protest, resist, dissent

Narrower terms: revolt, mutiny

10

verb

Meaning 10

come into existence; take on form or shape

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • A new religious movement originated in that country
  • a love that sprang up from friendship
  • the idea for the book grew out of a short story
  • An interesting phenomenon uprose

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: originate, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: become

Narrower terms: resurge, come forth, emerge, come, follow, well up, swell, head

11

verb

Meaning 11

originate or come into being

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a question arose

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: come up, bob up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: become

History

Etymology

From Middle English arisen, from Old English ārīsan (“to arise, get up; rise; spring from, originate; spring up, ascend”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (“to rise up, arise”), equivalent to a- + rise. Cognate with Scots arise, aryse (“to arise, rise up, come into existence”), Middle Low German errīsen (“to stand up, arise”), Old High German irrīsan (“to rise up, fall”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”). Eclipsed Middle English sourden, sorden, borrowed from Old French sordre, sourdre (“to arise, originate, fly up”).

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: opstaan — get up, stand up
  • Bulgarian: излизам (izlizam) — get up, stand up
  • Bulgarian: произлизам (proizlizam) — get up, stand up
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏗᏗᎠ (adidia) — get up, stand up
  • Danish: stå op — get up, stand up
  • Dutch: opstaan — get up, stand up
  • Esperanto: leviĝi — get up, stand up
  • Finnish: nousta — get up, stand up
  • French: se lever — get up, stand up
  • French: se relever — get up, stand up
  • Georgian: ადგომა (adgoma) — get up, stand up
  • German: sich erheben — get up, stand up
  • German: aufstehen — get up, stand up
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan) — get up, stand up
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (usstandan) — get up, stand up
  • Greek: σηκώνομαι (sikónomai) — get up, stand up
  • Hindi: उठना (uṭhnā) — get up, stand up
  • Hindi: खड़े होना (khaṛe honā) — get up, stand up
  • Hungarian: felkel — get up, stand up
  • Hungarian: felemelkedik — get up, stand up
  • Interlingua: surger — get up, stand up
  • Interlingua: altiar se — get up, stand up
  • Irish: éirigh — get up, stand up
  • Old Irish: at·reig — get up, stand up
  • Italian: sorgere — get up, stand up
  • Latin: surgo — get up, stand up
  • Latin: enascor — get up, stand up
  • Latin: existo — get up, stand up
  • Middle English: arisen — get up, stand up
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stå opp — get up, stand up
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stå opp — get up, stand up
  • Plautdietsch: oppstonen — get up, stand up
  • Portuguese: surgir — get up, stand up
  • Portuguese: levantar-se — get up, stand up
  • Portuguese: ascender — get up, stand up
  • Quechua: hatariy — get up, stand up
  • Romanian: ridica — get up, stand up
  • Romanian: scula — get up, stand up
  • Russian: встава́ть (vstavátʹ) — get up, stand up
  • Russian: встать (vstatʹ) — get up, stand up
  • Scottish Gaelic: èirich — get up, stand up
  • Serbo-Croatian: ustati — get up, stand up
  • Spanish: surgir — get up, stand up
  • Spanish: levantarse — get up, stand up
  • Tocharian B: tsänk- — get up, stand up
  • Tok Pisin: kamap — get up, stand up
  • Turkish: kalkmak — get up, stand up
  • Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎎 (qm) — get up, stand up
  • Ukrainian: встава́ти (vstaváty) — get up, stand up
  • Afrikaans: ontstaan — start to exist, originate
  • Arabic: نَهَضَ (nahaḍa) — start to exist, originate
  • Bulgarian: възниквам (vǎznikvam) — start to exist, originate
  • Bulgarian: появявам се (pojavjavam se) — start to exist, originate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 起來 /起来 (qǐlái) — start to exist, originate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 產生 /产生 (chǎnshēng) — start to exist, originate
  • Czech: vzniknout — start to exist, originate
  • Danish: opstå — start to exist, originate
  • Dutch: ontstaan — start to exist, originate
  • Finnish: syntyä — start to exist, originate
  • Finnish: saada alkunsa — start to exist, originate
  • French: surgir — start to exist, originate
  • French: apparaitre — start to exist, originate
  • French: naitre — start to exist, originate
  • West-Frisian: ûntstean — start to exist, originate
  • Georgian: აღმოცენება (aɣmoceneba) — start to exist, originate
  • Georgian: წამოჭრა (c̣amoč̣ra) — start to exist, originate
  • German: entstehen — start to exist, originate
  • German: auftreten — start to exist, originate
  • Greek: ανακύπτω (anakýpto) — start to exist, originate
  • Hindi: उद्गम (udgam) — start to exist, originate
  • Hungarian: fakad — start to exist, originate
  • Hungarian: ered — start to exist, originate
  • Hungarian: származik — start to exist, originate
  • Hungarian: keletkezik — start to exist, originate
  • Interlingua: surger — start to exist, originate
  • Interlingua: provenir — start to exist, originate
  • Italian: sorgere — start to exist, originate
  • Italian: apparire — start to exist, originate
  • Italian: nascere — start to exist, originate
  • Japanese: 起こる (okoru) — start to exist, originate
  • Korean: 일어나다 (ireonada) — start to exist, originate
  • Latin: surgere — start to exist, originate
  • Middle English: arisen — start to exist, originate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppstå — start to exist, originate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oppstå — start to exist, originate
  • Portuguese: surgir — start to exist, originate
  • Portuguese: provir — start to exist, originate
  • Portuguese: aparecer — start to exist, originate
  • Portuguese: nascer — start to exist, originate
  • Russian: возника́ть (voznikátʹ) — start to exist, originate
  • Russian: возни́кнуть (vozníknutʹ) — start to exist, originate
  • Spanish: surgir — start to exist, originate
  • Spanish: provenir — start to exist, originate
  • Spanish: aparecer — start to exist, originate
  • Spanish: nacer — start to exist, originate
  • Spanish: dimanar — start to exist, originate
  • Swedish: uppstå — start to exist, originate
  • Tok Pisin: kamap — start to exist, originate
  • Ukrainian: виника́ти (vynykáty) — start to exist, originate
  • German: erwachsen — begin to act a part, become relevant
  • German: aufkommen — begin to act a part, become relevant
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