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- [reyz]
- /reɪz/
- /reɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [reyz]
- /reɪz/
Definitions of raise word
- verb with object raise to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about. 1
- verb with object raise to set upright: When the projection screen toppled, he quickly raised it again. 1
- verb with object raise to cause to rise or stand up; rouse: The sound of the bugle raised him from his bed. 1
- verb with object raise to build; erect: to raise a monument. 1
- verb with object raise to set up the framework of: to raise a house. 1
- verb with object raise to set in motion; activate: to raise a storm of protest. 1
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Origin of raise
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English reisen (v.) < Scandinavian (compare Old Norse reisa); compare also Gothic -raisjan (causative verb formed on Germanic base of Old English rīsan to rise), Old English rǣran to rear2
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Parts of speech for Raise
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
raise popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
raise usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for raise
noun raise
- accession — Accession is the act of taking up a position as the ruler of a country.
- accretion — An accretion is an addition to something, usually one that has been added over a period of time.
- addition — An addition to something is a thing which is added to it.
- aggrandizement — If someone does something for aggrandizement, they do it in order to get power, wealth, and importance for themselves.
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
verb raise
- adopt — If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
- advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- amend — If you amend something that has been written such as a law, or something that is said, you change it in order to improve it or make it more accurate.
- amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- angeled — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
Antonyms for raise
verb raise
- abase — to humble or belittle (oneself, etc)
- abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- adulterate — If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.
- air-condition — to apply air conditioning to
noun raise
- belt-tightening — If you need to do some belt-tightening, you must spend less money and manage without things because you have less money than you used to have.
- cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- cutback — A cutback is a reduction that is made in something.
- diminution — the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
- economy — thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
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