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risen

/ˈɹɪzən/

Meanings
  • Adjective

    Having risen or come up; elevated; ascended.

    - "The sun has risen."
    - "He awoke to find that the floodwaters had risen."
    - "The balloon had risen high into the sky."
  • Verb

    Rise to one's feet; stand up.

    - "The audience rose to their feet and gave the speaker a standing ovation."
    - "We all rose at the sound of the alarm."
    - "The dead rose from their graves."

Pronunciation
  1. /ˈɹɪzən/



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Antonyms

descend , drop , fall , sink , set , decrease , drop , fall , go down , reduced
Synonyms

come back from the dead , arise , get up , climb , climb , go up , increase
Rhymes
Words rhyming with risen
dies , opposes , prizes , surprises
Variants
List of all variants of risen that leads to same result
rise , risen , rises , rising , rose , rise above , risen above , rises above , rising above , rose above
Forms
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past tense: rose, past participle: risen, present participle: rising


Etymology
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Old English 'risan' - 'to rise, get up, stand up'.


Trivia
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  1. The word 'risen' appears 32 times in the King James Version of the Bible.

  2. In the United States, it is traditional to eat hot cross buns on Good Friday, a day associated with the 'Risen Christ'.


Related Concepts
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  1. resurrection: The act of coming back to life after death.

  2. ascend: To rise or go up, especially to a higher place or level.


Culture
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In Christianity, the term 'risen' is used to refer to Jesus Christ after his resurrection. In literature, 'risen' has been used in various titles such as 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' and 'Rise to Honour'. In music, there is a song by R.E.M. titled 'Rise'.

How to Memorize "risen"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine the sun rising over the horizon.
    - Visualize a balloon rising into the sky.
    - Visualize yourself standing up from a chair.

  2. associate

    - Associate 'risen' with 'rising', 'ascending', or 'elevated'.
    - Associate 'risen' with the sun coming up or the dead coming back to life.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the acronym RISE: Rise, Increase, Soar, Elevate.
    - Create a sentence using the word 'risen' in it.


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