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US
/ˈɹeɪz/
]
[ UK /ɹˈeɪz/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈeɪz/ ]
VERB
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raise the level or amount of something
raise my salary
raise the price of bread -
create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
raise the roof
raise hell
raise Cain -
put forward for consideration or discussion
raise the question of promotions
bring up an unpleasant topic - multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
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invigorate or heighten
lift my spirits
lift his ego -
pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
raise your `o' -
raise from a lower to a higher position
Lift a load
Raise your hands - bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
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activate or stir up
raise a mutiny -
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
arouse pity
evoke sympathy
raise a smile -
look after a child until it is an adult
raise a family
bring up children -
collect funds for a specific purpose
The President raised several million dollars for his college -
cause to puff up with a leaven
unleavened bread -
bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
raised edges -
move upwards
lift one's eyes -
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
he conjured wild birds in the air
raise the specter of unemployment
call down the spirits from the mountain -
increase
This will enhance your enjoyment
heighten the tension -
raise in rank or condition
The new law lifted many people from poverty -
construct, build, or erect
Raise a barn -
cause to become alive again
Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected
raise from the dead
Upraising ghosts -
put an end to
lift a ban
raise a siege -
establish radio communications with
They managed to raise Hanoi last night - bet more than the previous player
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cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
They produce good ham in Parma
We raise hogs here
The Bordeaux region produces great red wines
We grow wheat here -
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
I got promoted after many years of hard work
John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired -
cause to be heard or known; express or utter
raise a shout
raise a sad cry
raise a protest -
cause to assemble or enlist in the military
recruit new soldiers
raise an army
NOUN
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the act of raising something
he responded with a lift of his eyebrow
fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up -
increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
I'll see your raise and double it -
the amount a salary is increased
he got a 3% raise
he got a wage hike -
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
the car couldn't make it up the rise
How To Use raise In A Sentence
- My generation was raised on a diet of stultifyingly tedious, but worthy accounts of embryology, typically very badly printed on what appeared to be rice paper.
- I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
- Now comes the news that her shifty lawyer father has only 48 hours to raise a lot of money or face financial ruin and imprisonment.
- The huge amounts that this would bring in would allow the personal allowance to be raised by a couple of thousand, helping those on low and medium incomes.
- This steak house has organically farmed beef and locally raised bison. Times, Sunday Times
- But he had to raise his voice to be heard over jeering and whistling from centre-right senators. Times, Sunday Times
- Paraguay tea, which they call matte, as I mentioned before, is always drunk twice a day: this is brought upon a large silver salver, with four legs raised upon it, to receive a little cup made out of a small calabash or gourd, and tipped with silver. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
- Other areas praised by the Ofsted team include her leadership as head, and the pastoral care of pupils.
- The exams are just around the corner and students are bogged down with preparation work for practicals and orals but the Transition year students found time to raise funds for those less fortunate.
- But of time and of becoming shall the best similes speak: a praise shall they be, and a justification of all perishableness! Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none
