arise
Americanverb (used without object)
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to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise.
He arose from his chair when she entered the room.
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to awaken; wake up.
He arose at sunrise to get an early start to the beach.
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to move upward; mount; ascend.
A thin curl of smoke arose lazily from the cabin.
- Synonyms:
- climb
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to come into being, action, or notice; originate; appear; spring up.
New problems arise daily.
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to result or proceed; spring or issue (sometimes followed byfrom ).
It is difficult to foresee the consequences that may arise from this action. After such destruction many problems in resettlement often arise.
verb
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to come into being; originate
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(foll by from) to spring or proceed as a consequence; result
guilt arising from my actions
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to get or stand up, as from a sitting, kneeling, or lying position
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to come into notice
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to move upwards; ascend
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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arisesimple
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arisessimple
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have arisenperfect
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has arisenperfect
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am arisingprogressive
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are arisingprogressive
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is arisingprogressive
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have been arisingperfect progressive
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has been arisingperfect progressive
Past
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arosesimple
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had arisenperfect
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was arisingprogressive
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were arisingprogressive
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had been arisingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of arise
First recorded before 900; Middle English arisen, Old English ārīsan; cognate with Gothic ur-reisan; equivalent to a- 3 + rise
Explanation
Arise is a verb that means to get up, maybe to stand or get out of bed, like when you arise in the morning to get ready for the day. The verb arise can apply to people when they get up but it can also apply to issues or situations that come up, like problems that arise when a leader takes away people's rights. What happens next? People might arise, meaning they rebel, protesting the leader's actions, maybe even declaring that they are no longer under his or her rule. If this happens, a new political party will likely arise, meaning "come into existence."
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Example Sentences
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Where difficulties will arise is in the sectors where the cheap-money era is most embedded: private equity and private credit.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
“They may arise due to a more notable pass-through of costs to prices and high inflation expectations.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Those green ecosystems are far different from California’s; our neighbor’s fires generally arise in massive boreal forests, which do not have debris or brush concerns because they’ve never been logged or otherwise interfered with.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
From disaster could then arise a great opportunity to reshape the city's geography and economy.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
How, for instance, did a new species of animal arise from another species?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
MA says investors should continue to hold the stock in case any further corporate activity arises, even if it appears unlikely at this stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
My general note is particular to the genre: Comedy works best when exaggeration arises the way it does in nature, as a fact of personality rather than as a calculated theatrical effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
They also need to be able to pause their work when an emergency arises, like a hospitalization or a paid caregiver not showing up.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
This arises because the cars are fundamentally energy starved this year - they simply cannot recover sufficient electrical energy to be able to have full power at all times a driver would want.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
The humor arises entirely out of how steadfastly the participants adhere to the rule that no suggestion can be denied.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
This exact problem arose in the recent first round of the Los Angeles mayoral race, where markets had predicted much greater success for Spencer Pratt than he actually achieved.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The issue arose again when ProPublica detailed in 2021 how tech mogul Peter Thiel built a $2,000 Roth IRA into $5 billion over two decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
A brief but bitter war arose between Britain and Argentina over the territory in 1982.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
It arose either directly from species with no parental care or from species in which females already guarded the eggs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Though relieved that Mr. O’Doyle hadn’t seen them and couldn’t tell Mr. Flux exactly who’d been asking about him, a new fear arose for Sheed.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
One of the issues that has arisen since Zambada agreed to plead guilty has been where he will serve his sentence.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Cooperative breeding is a strategy that’s arisen across the tree of life.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
A narrative has arisen that AI will obsolete software vendors and their per-user subscription revenue model, and Friday’s news played into that story.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
“It is worth emphasizing that this situation would never have arisen had the Government simply afforded Plaintiffs their constitutional rights before initially deporting them,” the judge wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Sanskrit and Latin words could be traced back to mutations and variations in an ancient Indo-European language, and English and Flemish had arisen from a common root.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
“Any potential matters arising from this incident will be handled through the appropriate processes established by the collective bargaining agreement.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The figure does not encompass all cyclosporiasis infections arising from other causes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
You should also ask why this issue is arising now, given that you had already been well past full retirement age and had been receiving benefits for years by that point.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Particularly if a player ends up losing in a tournament’s early rounds, the tax bill arising from playing in the U.K. for a few days can exceed the prize money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
When Locri was destroyed by one of his legates, the Locrians were not avenged by him, nor was the arrogance of that legate corrected, all this arising from his easygoing nature.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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