Definition of 'raise'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense raises, present participle raising, past tense, past participle raisedPlease look at meanings [sense 14] to [sense 16] to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.
1. transitive verb
If you raise something, you move it so that it is in a higher position.
2. transitive verb
If you raise a flag, you display it by moving it up a pole or into a high place where it can be
seen.
3. transitive verb
If you raise yourself, you lift your body so that you are standing up straight, or so that you are no longer
lying flat.
4. transitive verb
If you raise the rate or level of something, you increase it.
5. transitive verb
To raise the standard of something means to improve it.
6. transitive verb
If you raise your voice, you speak more loudly, usually because you are angry.
7. countable noun
8. transitive verb
If you raise money for a charity or an institution, you ask people for money which you collect on its behalf.
9. transitive verb
10. transitive verb
If an event raises a particular emotion or question, it makes people feel the emotion or consider the
question.
11. transitive verb
If you raise a subject, an objection, or a question, you mention it or bring it to someone's attention.
12. transitive verb
Someone who raises a child takes care of it until it is grown up.
13. transitive verb
If someone raises a particular type of animal or crop, they breed that type of animal or grow that
type of crop.
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raise in American English
verb transitiveWord forms: raised or ˈraising
1.
a.
to cause to rise; move to a higher level; lift; elevate
b.
to bring to or place in an upright position
2.
to construct or erect (a building, etc.)
4.
to increase in size, value, amount, etc.
to raise prices
5.
to increase in degree, intensity, strength, etc.
to raise one's voice
6.
to improve the position, rank, or situation of
to raise oneself from poverty
7.
to cause to arise, appear, come, etc.; esp., to bring back as from death; reanimate
to raise the dead
9.
to bring forward for consideration
to raise a question
10.
to collect, gather, or procure (an army, money, etc.)
12.
to bring to an end; remove
to raise a siege
13.
to cause to become light; leaven (bread, etc.)
14.
a.
to cause to grow or to breed
to raise corn or cattle
b.
to bring up or rear (children)
15.
to establish radio communication with
16.
to cause (a blister) to form
19. Nautical
to cause (land, another ship, etc.) to seem to rise over the horizon by approaching
it; come within sight of
22. US, Poker
to bet more than (the highest preceding bet or bettor)
verb intransitive
23. Dialectal
to rise or arise
24. US, Poker
to increase the bet
noun
25.
an act of raising
26.
a.
an increase in amount
b. US
an increase in salary or wages, or in a bet
SIMILAR WORDS: lift
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Word Frequency
raise in American English
(reiz) (verb raised, raising)
transitive verb
1.
to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate
to raise one's hand
sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about
2.
to set upright
When the projection screen toppled, he quickly raised it again
4.
to build; erect
to raise a monument
6.
to set in motion; activate
to raise a storm of protest
7.
to grow or breed, care for, or promote the growth of
to raise corn
to raise prizewinning terriers
8.
to serve in the capacity of parent to; rear
to raise children
9.
to give rise to; bring up or about
His comments raised a ripple of applause
10.
to put forward; present for public consideration
He raised the issue of his opponent's eligibility
11. Law
to make (an issue at law)
13.
to stir up
to raise a rebellion with stirring speeches
15.
to advance in rank or position
to raise someone to the peerage
16.
to assemble or collect
to raise an army
to raise money for a charity
17.
to increase the height or vertical measurement of
The blocks raise the table three inches
18.
to increase in degree, intensity, pitch, or force
to raise the volume of a radio
19.
to utter (a cry, shout, etc.) in a loud voice
20.
to cause (the voice) to be heard
to raise one's voice in opposition
21.
to cause (dough or bread) to rise by expansion and become light, as by the use of yeast
22.
to increase in amount
to raise rents
to raise salaries
24. Poker
a.
to increase (another player's bet)
b.
to bet at a higher level than (a preceding bettor)
25. Bridge
to increase (the bid for a contract) by repeating one's partner's bid at a higher
level
26. Phonetics
to alter the articulation of (a vowel) by bringing the tongue closer to the palate
The vowel in “pen” is raised to (i) in some dialects
27.
to increase the amount specified in (a check, money order, or the like) by fraudulent alteration
28. Military
to end (a siege) by withdrawing the besieging forces or by compelling the besieging forces to withdraw
29. Nautical
a.
to cause (something) to rise above the visible horizon by approaching it
b.
to come in sight of (land, a whale, etc.)
30.
to establish communication with by radio
The radioman was able to raise shore headquarters after three tries
intransitive verb
32.
to be able to be lifted or pulled up
The window raises easily
33. (in cards, poker, etc.)
to increase a previous bet or bid
My cards weren't good enough to let me raise
34. See raise Cain
noun
SYNONYMS 1, 2. loft. raise, lift, heave, hoist imply bringing something up above its original position. raise, the most general word, may mean to bring something to or toward an upright position
with one end resting on the ground; or it may be used in the sense of lift, moving an object a comparatively short distance upward but breaking completely its
physical contact with the place where it had been: to raise a ladder; to raise (lift) a package. heave implies lifting with effort or exertion: to heave a huge box onto a truck. hoist implies lifting slowly and gradually something of considerable weight, usually with
mechanical help, such as given by a crane or derrick: to hoist steel beams to the top of the framework of a building. 3. arouse, awaken. 4. construct, rear. 7. cultivate. 9. originate, produce, effect. 13. excite. 14. invigorate, inspirit. 15. elevate, promote, exalt. 17. heighten, enlarge. 18. amplify, augment.ANTONYMS 1. lower.USAGE raise and rise are similar in form and meaning but different in grammatical use. raise is the causative of rise; to raise something is to cause it to rise. raise is almost always used transitively. Its forms are regular: Raise the window. The flag had been raised before we arrived. raise in the intransitive sense “to rise up, arise” is nonstandard: Dough raises better when the temperature is warm. rise is almost exclusively intransitive in its standard uses. Its forms are irregular:
My husband usually rises before seven. The earliest I have ever risen is eight. The
sun rose in a cloudless sky. The dough is rising now. Both raise and rear are used in the United States to refer to the upbringing of children. Although raise was formerly condemned in this sense (“You raise hogs but you rear children”), it
is now standard.In American English, a person receives a raise in salary. In British English it is a rise.35.
an increase in amount, as of wages
a raise in pay
36.
the amount of such an increase
His raise was five dollars
37.
a raising, lifting, etc.
a raise in spirits
38.
a raised or ascending place; rise
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Derived forms
raisable or raiseable adjective
raiser
noun
Word origin
[1150–1200; ME reisen (v.) ‹ Scand (cf. ON reisa); cf. also Goth -raisjan (causative v. formed on Gmc base of OE rīsan to rise), OE rǣran to rear2]Word Frequency
raise in British English
verb (mainly tr)
1.
to move, cause to move, or elevate to a higher position or level; lift
2.
to set or place in an upright position
4.
to increase in amount, size, value, etc
to raise prices
5.
to increase in degree, strength, intensity, etc
to raise one's voice
6.
to advance in rank or status; promote
9. See raise Cain
13.
to grow or cause to grow
to raise a crop
14.
to bring up; rear
to raise a family
16.
to bring to an end; remove
to raise a siege
raise a ban
20. nautical
we raised land after 20 days
21.
to establish radio communications with
we managed to raise Moscow last night
22.
to obtain (money, funds, capital, etc)
23.
to bring (a surface, a design, etc) into relief; cause to project
26. phonetics
to modify the articulation of (a vowel) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
27. mathematics
to multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times
8 is 2 raised to the power 3
29. mainly US and Canadian
31. See raise an eyebrow
32. See raise one's glass to
33. See raise one's hat
noun
34.
the act or an instance of raising
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Derived forms
raisable (ˈraisable) or raiseable (ˈraiseable) adjective
raiser (ˈraiser)
noun
Word origin
C12: from Old Norse reisa; related to Old English rǣran to rear2Examples of 'raise' in a sentence
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raise
British English: raise
/reɪz/ VERB
If you raise something, you move it to a higher position.
She went to the window and raised the blinds.
- American English: raise /ˈreɪz/
- Arabic: يُعْلي
- Brazilian Portuguese: elevar
- Chinese: 提升
- Croatian: podići
- Czech: zvednout
- Danish: hæve
- Dutch: verhogen
- European Spanish: alzar
- Finnish: nostaa
- French: soulever
- German: hochheben
- Greek: σηκώνω
- Italian: alzare
- Japanese: 上げる
- Korean: 올리다
- Norwegian: heve
- Polish: podnieść
- European Portuguese: elevar
- Romanian: a înălța
- Russian: поднимать
- Spanish: alzar
- Swedish: resa höja
- Thai: ยกขึ้น
- Turkish: yukarı kaldırmak
- Ukrainian: піднімати
- Vietnamese: nâng lên
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