rising

rising
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(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. climbing, ascending, mounting, soaring, increasing, skyrocketing, advancing, growing, on the rise, on the increase, spiraling, going up, moving up, surging up, sloping upward, slanting up, taking off, going aloft, gaining altitude, upsurging, in the ascendant, up-and-coming, upswinging, on the upswing, upcoming, scandent, levitating, topping out*, heading for the stars*; see also growing , increasing 1 , 2 .
n.
Syn. climbing, ascension, gaining altitude; see increase 1 , rise 1 .
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(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The act of rising or moving upward: ascension, ascent, rise. See RISE.

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