rising
adjEtymology By surface analysis, rise + -ing.
1
Going up, physically or in quantity, rate, etc.
2
Planned or destined to advance to an academic grade in the near future, after having completed the previous grade; soon-to-be.
- A student in the rising Senior Freshman Class, who may not have passed the preceding Michaelmas Examination, will be allowed to join the School and attend Lectures during Michaelmas Term, for which he will receive credit, on condition that he passes the ensuing Hilary Examination with the Senior Freshman Class.1850, The Dublin University Calendar, Trinity College Dublin, page 117:
- Residential colleges at Princeton are “really central to your identity on campus,” especially as a freshman, Ms. Chaffers, who is a rising junior, said in an interview on Saturday.2020 June 27, Bryan Pietsch, “Princeton Will Remove Woodrow Wilson’s Name From School”, in The New York Times, retrieved 27 Jun 2020:
3
Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Of a bird Having its wings raised (either addorsed or sometimes displayed), standing on the tips of its feet as if about to take flight, typically depicted in profile.
- Antonyms
- falling
- Derived terms
- rising diphthong, risingly, Rising Sun, rising tone, self-rising, unrising
- Related terms
- rise