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give rise to

  • 1 give rise to

    (to cause: This gives rise to a large number of problems.) valda

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  • 2 rise

    1. past tense - rose; verb
    1) (to become greater, larger, higher etc; to increase: Food prices are still rising; His temperature rose; If the river rises much more, there will be a flood; Her voice rose to a scream; Bread rises when it is baked; His spirits rose at the good news.) rísa, hækka, stíga, lyftast
    2) (to move upwards: Smoke was rising from the chimney; The birds rose into the air; The curtain rose to reveal an empty stage.) stíga, lyftast; hefja sig til flugs
    3) (to get up from bed: He rises every morning at six o'clock.) fara á fætur
    4) (to stand up: The children all rose when the headmaster came in.) standa upp
    5) ((of the sun etc) to appear above the horizon: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.) rísa
    6) (to slope upwards: Hills rose in the distance; The ground rises at this point.) rísa, hækka
    7) (to rebel: The people rose (up) in revolt against the dictator.) rísa upp gegn
    8) (to move to a higher rank, a more important position etc: He rose to the rank of colonel.) hækka í tign
    9) ((of a river) to begin or appear: The Rhône rises in the Alps.) eiga upptök sín
    10) ((of wind) to begin; to become stronger: Don't go out in the boat - the wind has risen.) magnast, aukast
    11) (to be built: Office blocks are rising all over the town.) rísa/byggjast upp
    12) (to come back to life: Jesus has risen.) rísa upp frá dauðum
    2. noun
    1) ((the) act of rising: He had a rapid rise to fame; a rise in prices.) hækkun, aukning
    2) (an increase in salary or wages: She asked her boss for a rise.) hækkun
    3) (a slope or hill: The house is just beyond the next rise.) hæð, hóll
    4) (the beginning and early development of something: the rise of the Roman Empire.) uppgangur
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    3. adjective
    the rising sun; rising prices; the rising generation; a rising young politician.) rísandi, upprennandi
    - late riser
    - give rise to
    - rise to the occasion

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  • 3 arouse

    (to cause or give rise to (something): His actions aroused my suspicions.) vekja

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  • 4 lift

    [lift] 1. verb
    1) (to raise or bring to a higher position: The box was so heavy I couldn't lift it.) lyfta
    2) (to take and carry away: He lifted the table through into the kitchen.) lyfta og færa
    3) ((of mist etc) to disappear: By noon, the fog was beginning to lift.) hverfa, létta
    4) (to rise: The aeroplane lifted into the air.) hefja sig á loft
    2. noun
    1) (the act of lifting: a lift of the eyebrows.) lyfting
    2) ((American elevator) a small enclosed platform etc that moves up and down between floors carrying goods or people: Since she was too tired to climb the stairs, she went up in the lift.) lyfta
    3) (a ride in someone's car etc: Can I give you a lift into town?) (bíl)far
    4) (a raising of the spirits: Her success in the exam gave her a great lift.) upplyfting
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  • 5 raise

    [reiz] 1. verb
    1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) lyfta
    2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) hækka
    3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) rækta
    4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) ala upp
    5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) bera upp, leggja fram
    6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) safna (saman)
    7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) valda
    8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) þyrla upp
    9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) reisa, byggja
    10) (to give (a shout etc).) reka upp
    11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) ná sambandi
    2. noun
    (an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) (launa)hækkun
    - raise hell/Cain / the roof
    - raise someone's spirits

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  • 6 rocket

    ['rokit] 1. noun
    1) (a tube containing materials which, when set on fire, give off a jet of gas which drives the tube forward, usually up into the air, used eg as a firework, for signalling, or for launching a spacecraft.) eldflaug; flugskeyti; flugeldur
    2) (a spacecraft launched in this way: The Americans have sent a rocket to Mars.) eldflaug
    2. verb
    (to rise or increase very quickly: Bread prices have rocketed.) snarhækka

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