Definition

1. Noun:

   • The act of bringing up or nurturing a child: "raising" refers to the process of caring for and educating a child until adulthood.
   • The act of lifting or elevating something: "raising" can mean the action of moving something to a higher position or level.
   • An increase in amount, level, or intensity: "raising" denotes the action of causing something to become greater.

2. Adjective:

   • Increasing in quantity or value: Used to describe something that causes an increase.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The raising of children requires patience and love. (The process of bringing up children requires patience and love.)
  • The raising of the flag occurs at dawn. (The lifting of the flag occurs at dawn.)
  • The raising of funds for the charity was successful. (The collection of funds for the charity was successful.)

• Adjective:

  • The company implemented a cost-raising measure. (The company implemented a measure that increases costs.)

Advanced Usage

• "the raising of consciousness": the act of making people more aware of an issue.

  • The documentary contributed to the raising of public consciousness about climate change.

• "in the raising of": during the process of lifting or increasing.

  • Great care was taken in the raising of the sunken vessel.

Variants and Related Words

• Raise (verb): To lift, increase, or bring up.

  • Please raise your hand if you have a question.

• Raiser (noun): A person or thing that raises something (often used in compounds).

  • She is a famous cattle raiser. (Note: This is a compound noun, not the target word 'raising' itself.)

Synonyms

• Noun (for nurturing): Uphringing, rearing, parenting.
• Noun (for lifting): Elevation, lifting, hoisting.
• Noun (for increasing): Increase, augmentation, boost.

Related Phrases

• Fund-raising: The activity of collecting money for a cause or organization. (Note: This is a compound noun listed as a related term).
  • She is in charge of fund-raising for the new library.

Related Idioms

• "Like raising the dead": An extremely difficult or seemingly impossible task.
  • Getting him to agree is like raising the dead.

Adjective

1. increasing in quantity or value
   • a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate

Noun

1. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
   • they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
2. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
3. the event of something being raised upward
   • an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
   • a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity