raise

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈreɪz/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/reɪz/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rāz)

Inflections of 'raise' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
raises
v 3rd person singular
raising
v pres p
raised
v past
raised
v past p

Collocations for "raise"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "raise" in context.

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raise

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. raise a [child, dog, sheep]
  2. raise [livestock, cows, cattle, sheep]
  3. raise [livestock] for [food, milk, breeding, sale]
  4. raise [an issue, a discussion, a topic] (with)
  5. raise money for the [school, church]
  6. raise money with a [fundraiser, bake sale]
  7. raised [$400]
  8. raised enough (money) to [go, afford, see]
  9. raise your hand
  10. raised his [eyebrows, brow] (at)
  11. raised his [eyebrows] in [shock, disgust, disbelief]
  12. raised her head and [looked, peered, glanced]
  13. raised himself [off the floor, to his feet]
  14. UK: [didn't, couldn't] raise a smile
  15. (let's) raise the stakes
  16. (will) raise [questions, doubts, debate]
  17. the [performance, decision] will raise [doubts]
  18. raise a [house, shelter, tent, property]
  19. (loud) enough to raise the dead
  20. the [students, boys, bikers] were raising hell
  21. the [band, singers, music, performance, encore] raised the roof
  22. raise your [aim, expectations, standards]
  23. raise the [flag, standard, pennant, banner]
n
  1. a [pay, wage, salary, tax] raise
  2. a raise in [pay]
  3. a [$5,000] raise
  4. a [$100]-a-[week, month] raise
  5. a [meager, reasonable, fair, significant, large, cost of living] raise
  6. a raise in [awareness, donations, votes]
  7. asked (the boss) for a raise
  8. [expected, demanded] a raise
  9. [give, grant, offer] a raise
  10. poker: [cover, limit, meet] a raise
'raise' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
absent - after - arm - auction - awareness - banner - boar - boom - boss - campaign - capital - cattle - charm - concern - consumer - cost - cow - curtain - dairy - demand - desire - donor - due - enact - eyebrow - finance - flag - glass - gun - hoop - incur - lever - leverage - levy - location - loosely - manager - mast - maximum - merit - moot - mortgage - need - ostrich - outright - pawn - plight - price - privacy - profound

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