hi everybody welcome back to know your
verbs my name is alicia and in this
episode we're going to talk about the
verb rise let's begin
the basic definition of the verb rise is
to move upwards some examples the
balloon rose in the air
the sun rises every morning
okay now let's look at the conjugations
for this verb
present
rise
rises past
rose
past participle
risen
progressive rising
now let's talk about some additional
meanings for this verb the first one
means to become successful or to achieve
a higher position some examples
the group rose to power in 2016.
our channel has risen in popularity over
the years
so these example sentences both refer to
kind of improving your rank or improving
your level of success becoming more
successful in the first one we see the
group rose to power rose to power means
became gradually more successful like
gradually gained more power rose to
power like kind of leveled up you can
imagine in the second example sentence
our channel has risen in popularity we
see that we're becoming more and more
successful more and more popular over
the years so this refers to gradually
gaining some kind of success or
achieving a higher rank in some way okay
let's go on to the second additional
meaning for this verb the second
variation is to increase to increase
some examples
temperatures are rising around the world
our electrical bill seems to rise every
year
so this just refers to a simple increase
perhaps the easiest way to think of this
is numbers going up so in the first
example sentence temperatures increasing
temperatures are increasing around the
world means temperatures are going up
temperatures are rising in the second
example sentence it's an electrical bill
so the cost goes up every year the cost
rises every year
so we use rise to refer to simple
increases as well okay let's go on to
the third additional meaning for this
one the third additional meaning for
this verb is to oppose a bad ruler so
this can mean like a king or a queen or
a government or someone who is like in a
managerial or administrative role
someone who's ruling over other people
or controlling other people examples the
people rose up against the government
his troops began to rise up against him
so here you can see rise up against and
then we follow that with the person or
the ruler or the government that's
causing the problems for the people who
are opposing so in the first example
sentence the people the people are
rising up against a government in the
second example sentence troops members
of the military are rising up against
someone who is in control of them so we
commonly see rise against or rise up
against in this case
let's continue on to some variations of
this verb the first variation is to rise
above this means to not allow something
to affect you negatively so examples of
this
he's trying to rise above all the drama
at the office
they rose above the ignorance in the
community
so rise above refers to not letting some
kind of negativity affect you in the
first example sentence he's trying to
rise above the drama in the office means
he's trying not to let drama in the
office affect him negatively in the
second example situation it's a
community situation they rose above the
ignorance in the community so perhaps
there is ignorance in the community that
could potentially create a negative
situation but they decide not to let
that affect them so they try to go
beyond it this has a positive image
actually rising above something that
could create a negative situation okay
let's go on to the next one the next
expression is to rise from the dead or
to rise from the grave this means coming
back to life after being dead or we can
use it to talk about someone who wakes
up after a long long sleep in a very
casual situation examples
zombies are humans risen from the dead
whoa look who's risen from the dead
so in the first example sentence it's a
fantasy situation about zombies so
zombies are kind of humans like monsters
humans that died and now they are back
they're sort of risen from the dead
they're back and walking around so risen
from the dead in the second example
sentence it's about a person who
probably just woke up whoa look who's
risen from the dead look who has risen
from the dead meaning not literally you
died and then came back but instead
you've been sleeping for a long time so
long it seemed like you died but now
you're back you're risen from the dead
so we can use this uh in most cases to
talk about like zombie movies or people
who sleep for a long time so perhaps
there are other situations too
especially in some religious situations
as well where we can use this expression
okay so those are hopefully a few new
ways that you can use the verb rise of
course if you have any questions
comments or other ways that you want to
try to use ryze please feel free to do
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