arise
Base form
arise
/əˈraɪz/
Past simple
arose
/əˈrəʊz/
Past participle
arisen
/əˈrɪzn/
MeaningB2
to begin to exist; to happen
if the need arises
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Problems may arise if you don’t back up your files.
- Negative · Form 1Questions like this don’t arise very often at work.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday a problem arose with our hotel booking.
- Past simple · Form 2During the meeting on Friday a serious disagreement arose.
- Present perfect · Form 3A new opportunity has arisen at the London office.
- Past perfect · Form 3Several difficulties had arisen before the project even started.
Watch out
Arise is for problems and chances: a problem arose. For going up, use rise. Arised and arosen are wrong.
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