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  • 1 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

    English-Icelandic dictionary > rise

  • 2 parallel

    ['pærəlel] 1. adjective
    1) ((of straight lines) going in the same direction and always staying the same distance apart: The road is parallel to/with the river.) samhliða/-síða
    2) (alike (in some way): There are parallel passages in the two books.) hliðstæður
    2. adverb
    (in the same direction but always about the same distance away: We sailed parallel to the coast for several days.) samsíða lína
    3. noun
    1) (a line parallel to another: Draw a parallel to this line.) samsíða lína/flötur
    2) (a likeness or state of being alike: Is there a parallel between the British Empire and the Roman Empire?) samsvörun, hliðstæða
    3) (a line drawn from east to west across a map etc at a fixed distance from the equator: The border between Canada and the United States follows the forty-ninth parallel.) breiddarbaugur
    4. verb
    (to be equal to: His stupidity can't be paralleled.) jafna við e-ð

    English-Icelandic dictionary > parallel

  • 3 point

    [point] 1. noun
    1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) oddur
    2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) nes, oddi
    3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) punktur
    4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) staður
    5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) nákvæmt augnablik
    6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) stig, mark
    7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) áttastrik
    8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) stig, punktur
    9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) (aðal)atriði, punktur, kjarni
    10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) tilgangur
    11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) eiginleiki, hlið
    12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) innstunga
    2. verb
    1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) miða, beina
    2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) benda á
    3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) spartla/múra í
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    - pointer
    - pointless
    - pointlessly
    - points
    - be on the point of
    - come to the point
    - make a point of
    - make one's point
    - point out
    - point one's toes

    English-Icelandic dictionary > point

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