Rise and Set

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Rise

Rise verb - Come up, of celestial bodies.
Usage example: The sun also rises
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Set is an antonym for rise.
Nearby Words: rising, risen

Set

Set verb - Disappear beyond the horizon.
Usage example: the sun sets early these days
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Rise is an antonym for set in topics: position, harden, decline, start, decide upon.
Nearby Words: setup, setting
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How words are described

old old rise old set
high high rise high set
special special rise special set
long long rise long set
Other adjectives: better, similar, complete, original, initial, single, small, actual, entire, massive, big, huge, new, latest, comic, recent.

Common collocations

part rise part set part
name rise name set name
way rise way set way
level rise level set level

Both words in one sentence

  • Solar and Lunar My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Princess Celestia makes the sun rise and set, while her sister Princess Luna does the same for the moon.
    Source: Solar and Lunar
  • Webcomic / Our Little Adventure They don't rise and set, but transform into one another in a flash at dawn and dusk.
    Source: Webcomic / Our Little Adventure
  • Every day for over a year now, Bella has had to watch the sun rise and set, from just barely below the surface.
    Source: And I Must Scream / Web Original
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