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UPLIFTING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rise of something

Example:

the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("uplifting" is a kind of...):

ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)

Derivation:

uplift (lift up or elevate)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb uplift

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