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“Rise” or “Ryes” or “Ryse”

rise / ryes / ryse are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

rise r·AY·z

  • nouna growth in strength or number or importance.
  • nounthe act of changing location in an upward direction.
  • nouna movement upward.
  • nounan increase in cost.
  • verbmove upward.
  • verbincrease in value or to a higher point.
  • verbrise up.
  • verbrise in rank or status.
  • verbbecome heartened or elated.
  • verbexert oneself to meet a challenge.
  • verbincrease in volume.
  • verbcome up, of celestial bodies.

ryes

  • nounthe seed of the cereal grass.
  • nounhardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement.
  • nounwhiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt.

ryse

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“rise”

  • predicting "the sea level could rise between .75 to 1.9 metres
  • antimony in the mixture to rise to the top and oxidize
  • Von (1982) Red Phoenix: the rise of Soviet air power 1941–1945
  • A+B theorem is that prices rise faster than incomes when regarded
  • last eggs would also give rise to drones.
  • challenge of rehabilitation and sea-level rise within Manila Bay may include
  • to Hispaniola in 1493, giving rise to virtual devastation of that
  • This split coincided with the rise of house music and the
  • To show the rise of new isthmian chess, Panama
  • ordeal facilitated Martin Van Buren's rise to the presidency, and was

“ryes”

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“ryse”

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