• enPR: rāz, IPA: /ɹeɪz/

raise (raises, present participle raising; past and past participle raised)

1. (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

   1. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.

      to raise a wall, or a heap of stones

      • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Isaiah xxxix:3 ↗:

        I will raise forts against thee.

   2. To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.

      The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.

   3. (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.

      to raise Sandy Hook light

   4. To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
   5. (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.

      The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!

   6. (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
   7. (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
2. (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 (increase) taxes

   1. To collect or amass.

      to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops

   2. To bring up; to grow; to promote.

      We visited a farm where they raise chickens.

      Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?

      to raise somebody to office

   3. To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.

      A few important questions were raised after the attack.

   4. (legal) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).

      There should be some consideration (i.e., payment or exchange) to raise a use.

   5. To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.

      Starting in January we will raise (introduce) taxes on all tobacco substitutes and vaping accessories.

      • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Deuteronomy xviii:18 ↗:

        I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.

      • 1667, John Milton, “Book 10”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:

        God voutsafes to raise another World From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.

3. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).

   Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.

4. (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.

5. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.

   Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.

6. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
7. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
8. 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.
9. (computing) To throw (an exception).

   A division by zero will raise an exception.

• (to cause to rise) lift

• French: élever, lever, ériger
• German: heben, anheben, hochziehen, aufgehen, aufrichten, bauen, bergen, erheben, sich erheben lassen, erhöhen, hochheben, aufrichten, aufschütten, errichten, abheben, aufstocken, hochziehen, aufziehen, heraufsetzen, emporheben, lüpfen, aufheben, hochfahren, hochschrauben, lüften, hochsetzen, aufgehen lassen, ansteigen lassen
• Italian: alzare, levare
• Portuguese: levantar, alçar
• Russian: поднима́ть
• Spanish: levantar, alzar

• German: sich erheben lassen, ins Leben zurückbringen, wiederbeleben
• French: ressusciter
• Russian: воскреша́ть

• German: erhöhen, hochsetzen, heraufsetzen, anheben, vergrößern, steigern, hochschrauben, anheben

• French: lever
• German: sammeln, einsammeln, erheben, aufbringen, einwerben, zusammenbekommen, zusammenkriegen
• Portuguese: arrecadar
• Spanish: juntar

• French: élever
• German: großziehen, erziehen, aufziehen, heranziehen, anbauen
• Portuguese: criar
• Russian: выра́щивать
• Spanish: criar

• German: aufbringen, einbringen, erheben, aufwerfen

• Russian: рейз

• French: élever

raise (plural raises)

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

   The boss gave me a raise.

2. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
3. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
4. (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.

• French: augmentation
• German: Gehaltserhöhung, Erhöhung
• Portuguese: aumento
• Russian: прибавка
• Spanish: aumento

• Portuguese: agachamento
• Spanish: levantamiento

raise (plural raises)

1. A cairn or pile of stones.