raise
EN[reɪz] [-eɪz]US
Fsoulever
- NomPLraisesSUF-aise
- (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
- The boss gave me a raise.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
- A cairn or pile of stones.
- (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
- VerbeSGraisesPRraisingPT, PPraised
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
- to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
- The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
- to raise Sandy Hook light
- The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
- (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- We need to raise the motivation level in the company.
- to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods
- to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops
- We visited a farm where they raise chickens.
- Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?
- to raise somebody to office
- A few important questions were raised after the attack.
- There should be some consideration (i.e. payment or exchange) to raise a use.
- I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.
- (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- Plus d'exemples
- Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
- He'll crack a crib in Scotland one week, and be raising money to build an orphanage in Cornwall the next.
- If we all pitch in, we can raise enough money for the renovation of the church.
- My taxes did not increase because the amount of my raise was set off by my losses in the stock market.
- Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
- His timidiness prevented him from challenging authority or asking his boss for a raise.
- All the moneys collected for the poor was wasted in fund raising.
- Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
Definition of raise in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionnaire