raisable
raisable

raise


Definition: Meaning of, raise in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / reɪz /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
raise raised raised
Present Participle Third Person Singular
raising raises
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  1. move higher to move or lift something to a higher position, place, or level
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  2. increase to increase an amount, number, or level
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  3. collect money to collect money that you can use to do a particular job or help people
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  4. improve to improve the quality or standard of something
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  5. start a subject to begin to talk or write about a subject that you want to be considered or a question that you think should be answered [=  bring up]
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  6. cause a reaction to cause a particular emotion or reaction
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  7. move eyes or face to move your eyes, head, or face so that you are looking up
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  8. move upright also raise up to move or lift yourself into an upright position
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  9. children especially American English to look after your children and help them grow [=  bring up British English]
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  10. raise a smile to smile when you are not feeling happy, or to make someone smile when they are not feeling happy
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  11. animals or plants to look after animals or grow plants so that they can be sold or used as food
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  12. collect people to collect together a large group of people, especially soldiers
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  13. raise your eyebrows to show surprise, doubt, disapproval etc by moving your EYEBROW s upwards
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  14. raise eyebrows if something raises eyebrows, it surprises people
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  15. raise your voice to speak loudly or shout because you are angry
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  16. raise your glass spoken to celebrate someone's happiness or success by holding up your glass and drinking from it
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  17. raise the alarm British English to warn people about a danger so that they can take action
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  18. raise the spectre of something literary to make people feel afraid that something frightening might soon happen
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  19. raise its (ugly) head if a question or problem raises its head, it appears and has to be dealt with
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  20. card game to make a higher BID than an opponent in a card game
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  21. raise hell informal to complain in a very angry way about something you think is not acceptable
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  22. raise hell/Cain especially American English to behave in a wild, noisy way that upsets other people
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  23. raise the roof to make a very loud noise when singing, celebrating etc
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  24. speak to somebody to speak to someone on a piece of radio equipment [=  contact, get]
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  25. wake somebody literary to wake someone who is difficult to wake
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  26. dead person old use to make someone who has died live again
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  27. raise a siege/embargo formal to allow goods to go in and out of a place again after they have been stopped by force or by a law
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  28. build formal to build something such as a MONUMENT [=  erect]
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  29. raise 2/4/10 etc to the power of 2/3/4 etc technical to multiply a number by itself a particular number of times
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Word Forms:
Singular Plural
raise raises
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  1. American English an increase in the money you earn [=  rise British English]
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raise used in phrases

  • raise a stink (verb)
    1. take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent
  • raise hell (verb)
    1. take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent
  • raise the roof (verb)
    1. get very angry
  • raise up (verb)
    1. change the arrangement or position of
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