What part of speech is risen?

Risen can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. risen is a verb, past participle of rise (infinitive).
  • 2. risen is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • risen 
    more risen
    most risen
  • Positive: risen 
  • Comparative: more risen
  • Superlative: most risen

What does risen mean?

Definitions

Adjective

risen - (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon; "the risen sun"

Verb

rise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
rise - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
rise - increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
rise - rise up; "The building rose before them"
rise - rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
rise - exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
rise - increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
rise - become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
rise - come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
rise - come to the surface
rise - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
rise - take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
rise - rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
rise - get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
rise - return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
rise - become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
rise - move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great

Examples of risen

#   Sentence  
1. adj. The risen sun.
2. verb The cost of flying overseas has risen with the cost of fuel.
3. verb Prices have risen by 50 percent during the past ten years.
4. verb The value of the yen has risen greatly.
5. verb The exchange rate for the yen against the dollar has risen.
6. verb The curtain has not yet risen.
7. verb The moon is risen.
8. verb The sun had already risen when I woke up.
9. verb In fact, the sea has already risen 10 centimeters since the beginning of this century.
10. verb The cost of living has risen so quickly that it is almost impossible for us to make both ends meet.
11. verb The cost of living has greatly risen in the past ten years.
12. verb The sun has not risen yet.
13. verb Statistics indicate that our living standards have risen.
14. verb The sun having risen, I turned off the light.
15. verb Prices have risen in Japan and Tokyo is very expensive to live in.
16. verb The fever has risen.
17. noun They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon.
18. noun They asked for a 10% rise in rates.
19. noun The car couldn't make it up the rise.
Sentence  
adj.
The risen sun.
verb
The cost of flying overseas has risen with the cost of fuel.
Prices have risen by 50 percent during the past ten years.
The value of the yen has risen greatly.
The exchange rate for the yen against the dollar has risen.
The curtain has not yet risen.
The moon is risen.
The sun had already risen when I woke up.
In fact, the sea has already risen 10 centimeters since the beginning of this century.
The cost of living has risen so quickly that it is almost impossible for us to make both ends meet.
The cost of living has greatly risen in the past ten years.
The sun has not risen yet.
Statistics indicate that our living standards have risen.
The sun having risen, I turned off the light.
Prices have risen in Japan and Tokyo is very expensive to live in.
The fever has risen.
noun
They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon.
They asked for a 10% rise in rates.
The car couldn't make it up the rise.

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