uprising
pronunciation
How to pronounce uprising in British English:
UK [ˈʌpraɪzɪŋ]
How to pronounce uprising in American English:
US [ˈʌpraɪzɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Word Origin
- uprising (n.)
- mid-13c., "action of rising from death or the grave, resurrection," from up (adv.) + rising (n.). Meaning "action of rising from bed" is recorded from c. 1300; sense of "insurrection, popular revolt" first attested 1580s.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Shortly after her arrival the 8888 uprising broke out .
- 2. Syria 's majority sunnis have led the uprising .
- 3. The popular uprising unfolding in iran right now really is remarkable .
- 4. Nobody knows if egypt 's uprising will have a happy ending .
- 5. Even so , another full-scale uprising is still unlikely .