rise

/rɑɪz/ v [I] (past tense rose /roʊz/, past participle risen /ˈrɪz·ən/) (INCREASE)

Definition

› to become more or greater in amount, size, or degree; increase: Real estate prices have risen rapidly. The temperature rose to 80° by midday. Our hopes rose when the doctors told us that she was conscious and alert. A murmur rose from the crowd (= began to be heard). › To rise is also to move into a more important rank or position: He rose to fame in the 1940s.

(Definition of rise v (INCREASE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)