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if the need arises


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arise
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Sense: Verb: wake up
Synonyms:
wake up, get up, get out of bed, rise Collocations, turn out, roll out, awake Collocations, awaken, wake Collocations, rise and shine (informal)
Antonyms:
sit Collocations, sit down, stay seated, remain seated, lie Collocations, lie down, recline, go to sleep, go to bed, stay in bed, stay asleep, keep sleeping, turn in
Sense: Verb: emerge
Synonyms:
emerge Collocations, spring up, crop up, come about, surface Collocations, come to light, become apparent, come up
Antonyms:
disappear Collocations, subside Collocations, stop Collocations, end Collocations, go away
Sense: Verb: appear
Synonyms:
appear Collocations, materialize, materialise (UK), form Collocations, present itself
Sense: Verb: begin
Synonyms:
begin Collocations, start Collocations, originate Collocations, dawn Collocations, appear Collocations, commence Collocations
Sense: Verb: ascend
Synonyms:
ascend, rise Collocations, rise up, go up, go upward, climb Collocations, mount Collocations, move upward, lift Collocations, soar Collocations
Antonyms:
decline Collocations, go downward, descend, sink Collocations, fall Collocations, drop Collocations


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