Raise Meaning
/ɹeɪz/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
verbTo cause to rise; to lift or elevate., To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
Sentence Examples
The only useful answers are those that raise new questions.
You have to raise funds for the relief work.
Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In class, the student wanted to ____ her hand to ask a question.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The charity hoped to ____ enough money to build a new school in the rural community.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”). Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"With the completion of the preliminary work of raising bridges on the Mauldeth Road-Wilmslow line, to accommodate overhead electrical equipment, further work has been put in hand on bridges on the London Midland Region main line between Manchester and Crewe."
— 1957 October 26, “Notes and News: Manchester-Crewe Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 734:
"Because of the heavy traffic, the 1960-61 Christmas guide to trains between King's Cross and the north stated: "To make travel conditions as comfortable as possible, passengers are requested to raise arm rests to enable four people to be seated on each side of those compartments which are fitted with arm rests.""
— 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, pages 29-30:
"I will raise forts against thee."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah xxxix:3:
"But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash."
— 1955 February, T. B. Sands, “The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 79:
"Every pound raised goes to helping some of the world's most vulnerable children."
— 2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 942, page 71:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In class, the student wanted to ____ her hand to ask a question.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The charity hoped to ____ enough money to build a new school in the rural community.