Meaning & use
risen
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Having moved upward, increased, or gotten up; the past participle of 'rise.'
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The bread dough should have risen to twice its original size before baking.
Prices have risen sharply over the past year.
A note on using this word
Used with a helping verb, as in 'has risen' or 'had risen,' rather than as a simple past tense.
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