Rise means to get up from a low position or to increase. As a noun, rise means an elevation from a starting point. The word rise has many other senses as a verb and a noun. In nearly every sense, the word rise refers to something going up or going upward, either literally or figuratively.

1 : an increase in amount, number, or volume a rise in prices. 2 : upward movement the rise and fall of waves. 3 : the act of gaining a higher rank or position a rise to power. 4 : beginning sense 1, origin the rise of democracy. 5 : an upward slope.