Raise

Word	RAISE
Character	5
Hyphenation	raise
Pronunciations	/ɹeɪz/

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Definitions and meanings of "Raise"

What do we mean by raise?

To move to a higher position; elevate: synonym: lift. intransitive verb

To set in an upright or erect position. intransitive verb

To erect or build. intransitive verb

To cause to arise, appear, or exist. intransitive verb

To increase in size, quantity, or worth. intransitive verb

To increase in intensity, degree, strength, or pitch. intransitive verb

To improve in rank or dignity; promote. intransitive verb

To grow, especially in quantity; cultivate. intransitive verb

To breed and care for to maturity. intransitive verb

To bring up; rear. intransitive verb

To accustom to something from an early age. intransitive verb

To put forward for consideration: synonym: broach. intransitive verb

To voice; utter. intransitive verb

To awaken; arouse. intransitive verb

To stir up; instigate. intransitive verb

To bring about; provoke. intransitive verb

To make contact with by radio. intransitive verb

To gather together; collect. intransitive verb

An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).

A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.

A bet that increases the previous bet.

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The word "raise" in example sentences

For, first, she desires if she can -- and she has often been able -- actually to raise these, first to sanctity and then to her own altars; it is for her and her only to _raise the poor from the dunghill and to set them with the princes_. ❋ Robert Hugh Benson (1892)

A few hands later, I got KT suited on the button and I called a raise from the shorty I had targeted who had opened from middle position, and the small blind also called directly behind me. ❋ Hammer Player A.k.a Hoyazo (2010)

Randy Leonard's acceptance of the raise is a deliberate middle finger to his critics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A great time to ask for a raise is after your boss has praised you for something. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Avoiding a default would almost certainly involve swallowing a proposed short term raise of the debt ceiling, coupled with spending cuts, followed by a more comprehensive budget and tax reform package to set the nation's fiscal house in order. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Ron Lieber at the New York Times has pared away the extraneous bits and created a "primer for young people starting their first job," including helpful advice like why it's important to get health insurance, how to fill out your W-4, and why it's good to take advantage of the built-in "raise" that comes from a company-matching 401 (k). ❋ Unknown (2008)

To "raise" is Annandale for "achieve the finance of" (by effort muster the price of, - I have also heard them call it "string," "strung," evidently the German/strugend/). ❋ Unknown (1893)

I suppose the implication is that the dingbat lady was helping McCain raise money, which is a stretch. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One question that many, many women raise is why so many healthcare plans stint on things like birth control and preventative care, while paying for erectile dysfunction drugs and expensive heart procedures for older white males? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Lately the salaries of budget-paid employees and pensions were increased by 25%, and now this raise is eaten up. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This will doubtless again raise questions about Franco's sexuality -- he played Harvey Milk's lover in "Milk" and will play poet Allen Ginsberg in the upcoming "Howl." ❋ Liz Kelly (2010)

The Methodist hierarchy depends on the HUGE amounts of money they raise from the annual conference to line their pockets (it sure hasn't gone to their hospital, they depend on the govt. for that money). ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you accept that giving a raise is saving a portion of a job then about 9 jobs were “saved” if 508 people got a 1.84% pay raise (508 * .0184). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The question Mike was trying to raise is how are people going to change their behavior in response to that cost increase? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pathetic that success in a democratic society that the money you raise is a metric rather than the good you do for your country. ib ❋ Unknown (2009)

One other thing I want to raise is that race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and citizenship aren't equivalent to each other, and nor are they isolated - instead they're mutually constitutive and constantly intersecting and shifting processes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only hope you have of ever seeing another pay raise is if Congress passes health care reform. ❋ Nwhyte (2010)

The incident is certain raise concern in South Korea because it happened just two weeks before the country hosts a summit of leaders of the Group of 20 wealthiest nations. ❋ Evan Ramstad (2010)

Pakistan officials say they will again raise their demand for a deal — similar to one the U.S. concluded with India — during a meeting Oct. 22 in Washington headed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. ❋ Tom Wright (2010)

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"Raise" Related Words

Words that are spelled similarly to raise:
raise, rise, praise, braise, rase, fraise, rais, rasse, paise, raine, araise, aise, baise, raide, raisa, reise, maise, caise, raiae, raile, raie, daise, riise, rause, ranse, waise.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word raise:
awareness, funds, taxes, charities, money, charity, profile, alarm, fundraising, lunch, unless, wage, index, referendum, aids, breast, raising, livestock, cancer, revenue, fund, salary, cattle, pay, questions, exception, kids, victims, raised, seek, flag, regardless, debt, price, buy, minimum, siege.

Words that rhyme with raise:
phrase, phase, praise, malaise, blaze, days, gaze, dais, blase, always, haze, mores, paraphrase, nowadays, faze, appraise, maze, graze, raze, daze, amaze, craze, glaze, maize, sideways, res, chaise, ukase, ways, braise, baize, rays, sais, ablaze, braze, hayes, holidays, rase, mayonnaise, lase, essays, anyways, rephrase, dase, stays, fraise, swayze, lays, mays, polonaise, cliches, lyonnaise, prase, plays, protease, blaise, mase, leis, folkways, smaze, portrays, dog days, hays, aways, hase, pathways, bays, relays, paise, entrees, iras, airways, strays, crays, bayes, conveys, edgeways, pais, displays, delays, maes, blaize, leys, verb phrase, outlays, rnase, resumes, cayes, weighs, arrays, pays, x-rays, sundays, clays, gays, trays, baze, dismutase, drays, crase.

Adjectives that are often used to describe raise:
straight, big, substantial, small, dollar, last, annual, cent, single, lateral, next, slight, fund, low, nice, general, double, average, immediate, significant, hefty, hour, modest, congressional, board, recent, huge, standard, fat, worth, minimum, simple, latter, bigger, automatic, living, larger, week, additional, active, front, decent, hourly, generous, check, utmost, regular, yearly, bright, sizable, healthy, flop, flat, maximum, monthly, smaller, weekly, dead, unexpected, biggest, corresponding, sudden, handsome, scarce, passive, quick, weak.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective raise:
rabbits, statement, money, method, funds, prices, your, soldiers, language, form trigger failure, rents, command, project, goats, e toomanystudents, notice, angora, slander, child, hands, matters, grades, wages, score, tools, board, exception, exit function, arms, boom, pencils, merryhell, hand, standards, successfully, statements, knee, large, awareness, poultry.

Consonant match to raise:
rise, rose, ruse, riz, rouse, raze, res, rays, rase, roz, roose, reis, roes, raz, roos, rows, rees, roys, ries, rohs, riese, reas, rowes.

Words that sound like raise:
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