arising

Starting to appear

Arising is the present participle of arise, meaning coming into being, appearing, or emerging.

Problems arise, questions arise, opportunities arise—all suggest something surfacing or presenting itself: Issues arising from the merger delayed the closing.

Arising often follows from to indicate cause: complications arising from surgery.

emergence

surfacing

Coming to the surface

developing · unfolding · emerging · sprouting · blossoming · transpiring · crystallizing · unveiling · revealing · looming

origin

source

Point of origin

  • rootUnderground absorbing structure
  • causeWhat produces an effect
  • genesisPoint of creation

inception · seed · fountainhead · wellspring · provenance · derivation · basis · catalyst · trigger · impetus

beginning

commencement

Act of starting

birth · outset · start · inauguration · launch · threshold · introduction · opening · kickoff · incipience

upward

elevation

Height above reference point

uplift · levitation · mounting · lifting · standing · climbing · uprearing · vertical · upright · raising

awakening

consciousness

State of sentient awareness

epiphany · insight · revelation · understanding · recognition · satori · illumination · mindfulness · clarity · cognizance

Categories
Opposites
vertical movement/emergence

arisingfalling

Moving downward freely

descending · sinking · dropping · lowering · subsiding

coming into being/occurrence

arisingending

Final portion of something

ceasing · disappearing · vanishing · concluding · terminating

activity state

arisingsettling down

Becoming stable and rooted

lying down · reclining · resting · retiring · reposing

Family

raise, arise, rising, rises, uprising, arose, risen, arises, arisen

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