arise
Americanverb (used without object)
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arises,
present (3rd person singular)
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arose,
past
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arisen,
past participle
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arising
present participle
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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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My retirement is fully funded, and I have sufficient assets to cover long-term care should the need arise.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Devices from established manufacturers are generally safer because bigger companies with reputations to protect give priority to security and roll out updates when problems arise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Rather than forming a single scale that runs from minor disputes to lethal attacks, different types of aggression may arise under different social and evolutionary pressures.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Kirin Holdings said: "At present, the impact of this matter on the company's financial results has not been determined. The company will promptly disclose any material developments as they arise."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Besides, states that arise quickly, just like all the other natural things that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have roots and branches and will be wiped out by the first adverse weather.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
The case arises out of a mundane fact pattern: Kendrick Beaird pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
If that need arises after rates have risen, you would turn a paper loss into an actual loss.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Instead, it arises entirely from quantum effects at temperatures close to absolute zero.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
ELI says it provides “evidence-based judicial education about climate science and how it arises in the law.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
There was some Wind, as I think that a Storm arises up.
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But CoreWeave’s existence aligns with Nvidia’s interests so closely that it is hard to imagine it wouldn’t step in if the need arose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
One long-studied possibility is that magnetism first arose in the very early universe, long before the first stars or galaxies formed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
Similar speculation arose after his 2019 European tour, when video appeared to show him walking with a slight limp and using the arms of a chair to steady himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
It arose during a process called "jailbreaking", where researchers use a series of complex instructions to see if AI tools ignore guardrails - which Mindgard said should have stopped Kimi from discussing concerning topics.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
With the success of her team, Mrs. Olinski was asked more and more often how she had chosen them, and she continued to give several good answers, varying them as the need arose.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
Though problems with fish farming have arisen worldwide, for some countries, it aquaculture has been a boon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
"It's if we have slowly arisen from the bottom of the sea," A/Prof. Duggin says.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Questions about central bank independence have also arisen after President Prabowo nominated his nephew, Thomas Djiwandono, as a BI deputy governor early this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
It is in trying to find an acceptable compromise to this scenario that the latest situation has arisen, with Spa hosting the Belgian Grand Prix for four out of six years of its current contract.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Mesoamerican writing is believed to have arisen independently of Old World writing, because there is no convincing evidence for pre-Norse contact of New World societies with Old World societies possessing writing.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The BOE’s twice-yearly survey of 57 firms found that 63% were worried about the risks arising from AI, a jump from 31% at the start of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
It said the cumulative effect of decades of legal scrutiny arising from operations in Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria was placing a significant burden on individuals, families and the association itself.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocated for a coordinated slowdown of AI development to better understand the risks arising from the technology's capabilities.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The Harvard Office of Technology Development is actively pursuing patent protection and commercialization opportunities for the innovations arising from this research.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
On top of its self-generated shortcomings, Shenandoah has a lot of problems arising from factors largely beyond its control.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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