rise to power
- noun
- The politician's rise to power was marked by his ability to connect with ordinary citizens.
- Hitler's rise to power
- Adolf Hitler's rise to power
- rise to power in 1933
And we're talking about his rise to power.
- And we're talking about his rise to power.
- It's one of the historical descriptions of Hitler's rise to power, Nazi's rise to power.
- But the fact that his hands were clean in this deal helped in his rise to power after the bubble burst.
- In case after case in in in Mao's rise to power, we see a really complicated relationship with Stalin.
Examples
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The second phase started with the death of Boumediene in 1979 and the rise to power of a new group.
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But Adolf Hitler's rise to power on 30 January 1933 changed all that.
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And when one single man rose to power to rule the entire world l watched it all happen
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In the early half of my second century, the world allowed another monster to rise to power.
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Also, chances are that a scientific elite will rise to power in this type of society.
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I will first look at the power base of Koizumi and his rise to power.
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The president offered a brief account of the Taliban's rise to power before the U.S. removed them in November 2001.
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Mikhail Gorbachev's rise to power and his turn to a policy of radical reform in both foreign
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In Europe, the landed aristocracy rose to power from the ashes of the feudal era.
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Such charismatic personalities can rise to power meteorically, ushered in by a severe crisis.
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Synonyms
Giving someone a higher job at work
Raising someone to a higher job or rank
A position of power over other people or groups
Power or influence over other people
Becoming a ruler or taking the throne
To have power or control over others
A situation when one person or group has more power and influence
Having power over other people or groups
Antonyms
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'attaining authority' is directly and compositionally derived from 'rise' (move up) + 'to' (toward) + 'power' (authority); a learner who knows those words can infer someone is moving into a position of power. This construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'ascender al poder', French 'accéder au pouvoir'), reinforcing its straightforward, transparent interpretation.
Etymology
Rise to power paints a simple picture: someone rising up steps to a high seat where the leaders sit, a place of power. That's why it means 'to gain control'.