raise
/reiz/
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Definition
Noun:
- An act of lifting or increasing: The action of moving something to a higher position or level.
- An increase in amount, especially a salary increase: An upward adjustment in pay.
- An upward slope: An incline in a surface or road.
Verb:
- To lift or move to a higher position: To cause something to rise or be elevated.
- To increase in level, amount, or intensity: To make something greater in quantity, value, or degree.
- To bring up for consideration: To introduce a topic, question, or issue for discussion.
- To collect or gather: To bring together funds, an army, or support.
- To cause to grow or breed: To cultivate plants or rear animals.
- To cause to appear or exist: To evoke a feeling, reaction, or image; to construct a building.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- He got a substantial raise after his annual review. (He received a significant salary increase.)
- The road had a steep raise that was difficult for the truck to climb. (The road had a steep upward slope.)
Verb:
- Please raise your hand if you know the answer. (Please lift your hand.)
- The company decided to raise prices due to inflation. (The company decided to increase prices.)
- She wanted to raise an important point during the meeting. (She wanted to introduce an important topic.)
- They are trying to raise money for charity. (They are trying to collect funds.)
- My grandparents used to raise cattle on their farm. (My grandparents used to rear cattle.)
- The scandal could raise serious doubts about his integrity. (The scandal could cause serious doubts to appear.)
Advanced Usage
- "raise the bar": To set a higher standard.
- The new product really raises the bar for the entire industry.
- "raise a glass": To propose a toast.
- Let's raise a glass to the happy couple.
- "raise the stakes": To increase the level of risk or reward in a situation.
- By investing his own money, he raised the stakes in the business deal.
Variants and Related Words
- Raiser (n): A person or thing that raises (e.g., a ).
- Raised (adj): Elevated or projecting from a surface (e.g., ).
Synonyms
- Verb: Lift, elevate, increase, enhance, bring up, collect, grow, erect, provoke.
- Noun: Increase, hike, lift, ascent.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Raise up: To lift or elevate, often used figuratively.
- The community raised him up as a leader.
- Raise against: To incite opposition.
- He raised the workers against the unfair policies.
Related Idioms
- Raise Cain/Hell/The roof: To cause a loud disturbance or commotion; to complain angrily.
- The fans raised the roof when their team scored the winning goal.
- Raise one's eyebrows: To show surprise, doubt, or mild disapproval.
- His extravagant proposal raised a few eyebrows in the boardroom.
- Raise the dead: To do something extremely difficult or seemingly impossible (often hyperbolic).
- Getting him to arrive on time is like trying to raise the dead.
Noun
- 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
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the car couldn't make it up the rise
- the amount a salary is increased
- he got a 3% raise
- he got a wage hike
Verb
- cause to become alive again
- raise from the dead
- Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected
- Upraising ghosts
- put an end to
- lift a ban
- raise a siege
- invigorate or heighten
- lift my spirits
- lift his ego
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- raised edges
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- establish radio communications with
- They managed to raise Hanoi last night
- activate or stir up
- raise a mutiny
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- raise your `o'
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- raise the question of promotions
- bring up an unpleasant topic
- cause to assemble or enlist in the military
- raise an army
- recruit new soldiers
- bet more than the previous player
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- unleavened bread
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
- Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
- I got promoted after many years of hard work
- increase
- This will enhance your enjoyment
- heighten the tension
- raise in rank or condition
- The new law lifted many people from poverty
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- raise hell
- raise the roof
- raise Cain
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- construct, build, or erect
- Raise a barn
- move upwards
- lift one's eyes
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- call down the spirits from the mountain
- bring up
- raise a family
- bring up children
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- The Bordeaux region produces great red wines
- They produce good ham in Parma
- We grow wheat here
- We raise hogs here
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- The President raised several million dollars for his college
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- raise a shout
- raise a protest
- raise a sad cry
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- Raise your hands
- Lift a load
- raise the level or amount of something
- raise my salary
- raise the price of bread