I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a growing/increasing/rising trend
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a growing trend towards globalization in world markets
a rising star (= someone who is becoming famous and successful )
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She is very much the rising star of Black American fiction.
a rising/falling rate
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A falling mortality rate led to a gradual increase in the proportion of the aged in the population.
growing/increasing/rising popularity
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This may be the key to explaining Celtic music's increasing popularity.
growing/mounting/rising panic (= increasing panic )
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She quickly packed a bag, trying all the time to control her mounting panic.
growing/rising/increased expectations (= becoming higher )
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China's economy will grow considerably over the next five years, bringing rising expectations of wealth.
growing/rising/mounting anger
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There is growing anger among drivers over the rise in fuel prices.
increasing/growing/mounting/rising tension
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There are reports of increasing tension in some areas.
rising damp
rising inflation
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The country was hit by rising inflation.
rising/falling unemployment
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Rising unemployment led to more crime.
the rising tide
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The rising tide had begun to fill up the channel.
the rising/setting sun (= the sun as it appears/disappears )
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The fields were ablaze with light from the setting sun.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
generation
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The rising generation of students were more optimistic about the future and did not carry the emotional burdens of the Cultural Revolution.
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The rising generation was not interested.
star
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His name was Mahmoud el Zaki and he was one of the Parquet's rising stars .
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A chance to spot the rising stars of the sport.
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As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, he is the youngest member of the Cabinet and its fastest rising star .
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His main rival at the Express was another young rising star , Kelvin Mackenzie, who handled news.
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And he will be pleasantly surprised to see that only three horses line up against his rising star .
stars
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His name was Mahmoud el Zaki and he was one of the Parquet's rising stars .
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A chance to spot the rising stars of the sport.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Rising fuel costs have forced many airlines to put up the price of air tickets.
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a rising young actor
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Despite rapidly rising incomes, few in the country are able to afford cable TV.
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Many families are struggling to keep up with the rising costs of education.
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the rising cost of living
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the rising rate of smoking among teenagers
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We are entering a period of slow economic growth and rising unemployment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A rising real national income with a fairly constant capital stock will generally be associated with a fall in unemployment.
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Improving life expectancy gave them every hope of doing so, especially if they belonged to the rising middle-class.
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Not until rising nationalism and socialism ousted capitalism from the Third World would capitalism be destroyed.
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Riven felt incredibly mortal, but at the same time there was a rising restlessness in him.
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The first decision is where to site the new rising main.
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The insurance industry is also very concerned about rising car crime.
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The response of government to rising unemployment must have two elements.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the rising of the sun, Xerxes poured a drink-offering.
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First, Athens lost Boiotia in a rising which ended in an Athenian defeat at Coronea.
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In December there followed the most extensive anarchist rising of the entire Republican period.
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Peasant violence was generally localized and poorly organized, but there were serious risings in almost every decade of the seventeenth century.
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Shares were given a fizz rising 8p to £2 before slipping to close at 198p.