"rise above" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rises above",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rising above",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rose above",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "risen above",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rise<,,rose,risen> above"
      },
      "expansion": "rise above (third-person singular simple present rises above, present participle rising above, simple past rose above, past participle risen above)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (above)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Michael E. Gerber, The Most Successful Small Business in The World: The Ten Principles, page 118",
          "text": "We must rise above ourselves. We must rise above what it means to be human. We must rise above what our ordinary consciousness inspires us to do. We must rise above our needs, our self-interest, our greed, our hunger.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ignore petty or trivial issues and do what one is supposed to; to act better than someone or something inappropriate."
      ],
      "id": "en-rise_above-en-verb-GkU67sCH",
      "links": [
        [
          "petty",
          "petty"
        ],
        [
          "trivial",
          "trivial"
        ],
        [
          "supposed",
          "supposed"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to ignore pretty or trivial issues",
          "word": "nousta yläpuolelle"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015, Eva Dowdell, Single Mom Style: You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cry… You’ll Pour Yourself a Drink, page 121",
          "text": "I have times of weakness, but I choose to rise above them. No matter what you're going through—whether it be divorce, losing a loved one, or a burnt out headlight—you have a choice to rise above. You will rise above because you are strong enough.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent something unfortunate or traumatic from affecting oneself."
      ],
      "id": "en-rise_above-en-verb-iM1dfzXc",
      "links": [
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
        ],
        [
          "traumatic",
          "traumatic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rise above"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (above)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rises above",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rising above",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rose above",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "risen above",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rise<,,rose,risen> above"
      },
      "expansion": "rise above (third-person singular simple present rises above, present participle rising above, simple past rose above, past participle risen above)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Michael E. Gerber, The Most Successful Small Business in The World: The Ten Principles, page 118",
          "text": "We must rise above ourselves. We must rise above what it means to be human. We must rise above what our ordinary consciousness inspires us to do. We must rise above our needs, our self-interest, our greed, our hunger.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ignore petty or trivial issues and do what one is supposed to; to act better than someone or something inappropriate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "petty",
          "petty"
        ],
        [
          "trivial",
          "trivial"
        ],
        [
          "supposed",
          "supposed"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015, Eva Dowdell, Single Mom Style: You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cry… You’ll Pour Yourself a Drink, page 121",
          "text": "I have times of weakness, but I choose to rise above them. No matter what you're going through—whether it be divorce, losing a loved one, or a burnt out headlight—you have a choice to rise above. You will rise above because you are strong enough.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent something unfortunate or traumatic from affecting oneself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
        ],
        [
          "traumatic",
          "traumatic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ignore pretty or trivial issues",
      "word": "nousta yläpuolelle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rise above"
}