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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His suspicions about her arise after he’s injured in a car accident and becomes convinced that she looks slightly different post-crash.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
That could have given her insights into US President Donald Trump's thinking around AI, an issue likely to arise during talks with China's President Xi Jinping next month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
They arise from small changes in the orbit of the moon and affect tide-generating forces, according to Flick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
This process eliminates the need for specialists to manually trace the organ's boundaries, reducing the inconsistencies that can arise when different people perform the task.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
The portly merchant looked over his shoulder during his conversation with the guards and shouted back at the camp, “Rasseem? Rasseem, you sleeping beauty, arise and come, come!”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Even now, he maintains the fitness regime he had during his time at the 49ers, just in case an unlikely opportunity to resume his NFL career arises.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The prosecutor must show that some kind of human intent arises in laws prohibiting fraud, money-laundering, market manipulation, price-fixing, tax crimes, bribery and certain environmental crimes, to give a few examples.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
A central tension of the documentary arises over the terms of the couple’s participation and whether there were financial motives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
That point is proved time and again, as editors scheme against each other, belittle each other’s literary taste and throw Batter under the bus whenever an opportunity arises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
“No, of course not. The call note arises out of imitation and then fee various bird songs are developed by repeating the call note and descanting upon it.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The research also raises intriguing questions about bacterial evolution, including how such an elaborate defense arose and whether type VI retrons represent an earlier, later, or intermediate stage in the evolution of these immune systems.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
That issue arose, and not for the first time, when Musk in effect blessed the idea of merging Tesla and SpaceX, his two biggest public companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
About $72 billion of the excluded losses arose from marking various liabilities, including convertible notes, to market values.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Accusations of fraud arose when Milei posted on X, formerly Twitter, about the $Libra coin, which he said at the time would help fund small businesses and start-ups.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
But Valerie was something different, a big sister to each of us individually and someone who helped us stand back and take measure of our dilemmas when they arose.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
The seahorse look has arisen more than once, and these fish are a case of it evolving well away from the true seahorses.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Since England won the second Test at Lord's, a debate has arisen about ticket prices for the home Ashes next summer.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
"It's if we have slowly arisen from the bottom of the sea," A/Prof. Duggin says.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
They are paying particular attention to districts with competitive congressional races and where past problems have arisen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
In contrast, the crowd diseases, which we discussed earlier, could have arisen only with the buildup of large, dense human populations.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
A film about tensions arising in the heat of a busy Pakistani takeaway scooped the top honours at this year's film festival.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Hashim Thaci was convicted in one of the final verdicts in a series of landmark trials arising from the bloody dissolution of the former Yugoslavia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
Lawrence Friedman, a former Department of Justice attorney who used to lead the federal watchdog office for the bankruptcy system, said he was not surprised to see issues arising in the firm’s caseload against L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Food production was already arising in the Fertile Crescent only 1,500 years after the time when Clovis-derived hunter-gatherers were just reaching southern South America.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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