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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "raise"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to put something or someone in a higher place or lift them to a higher position
Transitive: to raise sth
to raise definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Raise your hand if you know the right answer.
āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āϜāĻžāύāϞ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϤ āϤ⧋āϞ⧋āĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ āĻžāύ

to make the intensity, level, or amount of something increase
Transitive: to raise a level or amount
to raise definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company has raised its prices due to increased production costs.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¯ā§ā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤ⧋āϞāĻž

to construct or build something, particularly a structure
Transitive: to raise a structure
to raise definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A fence was being raised around the property.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϤ⧋āϞāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause an idea, proposal, etc. to be considered, discussed, or noticed
Transitive: to raise an idea or proposal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We will raise the issue of working hours with the manager.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻœā§‹āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to assemble money or resources, particularly in order to achieve or create something
Transitive: to raise money or resources
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was attempting to raise $20,000.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ 20,000 āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to grow or reproduce animals or plants
Transitive: to raise plants or livestock
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He raised cattle in Nebraska when he was young.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύ⧇āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻļ⧁ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋåš´čŊģ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϞāĻžāϞāύāĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take care of a child until they are grown up
Transitive: to raise a child
to raise definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She is raising her niece while her sister is in college.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāχāĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāϞāύ-āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āύ āĻ•āϞ⧇āĻœā§‡ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ“āĻ āĻž, āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to position oneself in an upright position
Transitive: to raise oneself
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He raised himself up on one elbow to watch.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āύ⧁āχāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to provoke by bringing a feeling or memory into the mind
Transitive: to raise a reaction or feeling
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was n't an easy audience but he raised a laugh with his joke.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻļā§āϰ⧋āϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāϏāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒ⧁āύāϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to bring a dead person back to life
Transitive: to raise a dead person
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ancient myth tells of a powerful sorcerer who could raise the dead with a single incantation.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻĒ⧌āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰ⧁āĻœā§āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to perform a particular ritual to make a ghost or spirit appear once summoned
Transitive: to raise a ghost or spirit
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The paranormal investigator attempted to raise the spirit of the deceased using a sÊance.
āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāύāϰāĻŽāĻžāϞ āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ⧇āϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻ āĻžāύ⧋, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to end a siege, blockade, or embargo imposed on an enemy or a territory
Transitive: to raise a siege or blockade
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The relief forces arrived just in time to raise the siege and save the besieged city from capture.
āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀ āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧋āϧ āωāĻ āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻļāĻšāϰāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āωāĻ āĻžāύ⧋

(mathematics) to multiply a number or amount by itself a specified number of times
Transitive: to raise a number to a particular power
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
3 raised to the power of 3 is 27 (= 3 × 3 × 3 ).
3 āϕ⧇ 3 āϘāĻžāϤ⧇ 27 āĻšā§Ÿ (= 3 × 3 × 3).
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āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢā§‹āύ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž

to call someone and reach them by radio or phone
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to raise sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We managed to raise him on his mobile phone.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻŦāĻžāχāϞ āĻĢā§‹āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

(in card games) to place the highest bet in the game
Ditransitive: to raise sb a sum
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'll raise you another hundred dollars.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āĻļā§‹ āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¨ā§āύ⧀āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ āĻžāύ⧋

to promote to or grant someone a higher position
Transitive: to raise sb to a position or rank
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After demonstrating strong leadership skills, he was raised to the role of team supervisor.
āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻāϞ āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻžāχāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻ¨ā§āύ⧀āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to generate or prepare a document such as an invoice, etc.
Transitive: to raise a document
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They have been raising a petition against the war.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āωāĻ āĻžāύ⧋

to bet an amount greater than that wagered by another player during a round of betting
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She raised $ 50 after the big blind, forcing two players to fold.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ $50 āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻĻ⧁āχ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϕ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ, āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ

an amount of money added to our regular payment for the job we do
raise definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Due to inflation, many workers demanded a raise.
āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§€āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇, āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ, āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ

the act of raising something
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āĻŦ⧇āϟ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ, āĻĒāĻŖ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ

increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
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āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āĻĸāĻžāϞ

an upward slope or incline, often referring to a physical rise or gradient in terrain
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hikers took a break halfway up the raise before continuing their climb.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ⧋āĻšā§€āϰāĻž āωāĻ āĻžāύ āĻāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧ⧇āĻ• āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϰ⧋āĻšāĻŖ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇āĨ¤

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