raise

raise¹ W1S2 [reız] v [T]

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1¦(move higher)¦

2¦(increase)¦

3¦(collect money)¦

4¦(improve)¦

5¦(start a subject)¦

6¦(cause a reaction)¦

7¦(move eyes or face)¦

8¦(move upright)¦

9¦(children)¦

10 raise a smile

11¦(animals or plants)¦

12¦(collect people)¦

13 raise your eyebrows

14 raise eyebrows

15 raise your voice

16 raise your glass

17 raise the alarm

18 raise the spectre of something

19 raise its (ugly) head

20¦(card game)¦

21 raise hell

22 raise hell/Cain

23 raise the roof

24¦(speak to somebody)¦

25¦(wake somebody)¦

26¦(dead person)¦

27 raise a siege/embargo

28¦(build)¦

29 raise 2/4/10 etc to the power of 2/3/4 etc

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[Date: 1100-1200; : Old Norse; Origin: reisa]

1.) ¦(MOVE HIGHER)¦

to move or lift something to a higher position, place, or level

▪ Can you raise the torch so I can see?

▪ William raised his hat and smiled at her.

▪ Raise your hand if you know the right answer.

2.) ¦(INCREASE)¦

to increase an amount, number, or level

≠ ↑lower

▪ Many shops have raised their prices.

▪ The university is working to raise the number of students from state schools.

▪ a campaign to raise awareness of meningitis

▪ Dr Hayward intends to raise the museum's profile (=make it more well-known) .

3.) ¦(COLLECT MONEY)¦

to collect money that you can use to do a particular job or help people

▪ The Trust hopes to raise $1 million to buy land.

▪ They are raising funds to help needy youngsters.

▪ a concert to raise money for charity

→↑fundraising

4.) ¦(IMPROVE)¦

to improve the quality or standard of something

▪ Changing the law cannot raise standards.

▪ The team need to raise their game.

5.) ¦(START A SUBJECT)¦

to begin to talk or write about a subject that you want to be considered or a question that you think should be answered

= ↑bring up

▪ He did not raise the subject again.

▪ I'd like to raise the issue of publicity.

▪ Betty raised the important question of who will be in charge.

6.) ¦(CAUSE A REACTION)¦

to cause a particular emotion or reaction

▪ This attack raises fears of increased violence against foreigners.

▪ The way the research was carried out raises doubts about the results.

7.) ¦(MOVE EYES OR FACE)¦

to move your eyes, head, or face so that you are looking up

≠ ↑lower

▪ Albert raised his eyes and stared at Ruth.

▪ 'No,' he said without raising his head.

8.) ¦(MOVE UPRIGHT)¦ also raise up

to move or lift yourself into an upright position

≠ ↑lower raise yourself

▪ Adele raised herself from the pillows.

▪ He raised himself up on one elbow to watch.

9.) ¦(CHILDREN)¦

especially AmE to look after your children and help them grow

British Equivalent: bring up

▪ Stan's dad died, leaving his mother to raise three sons alone.

▪ It was time for Dean to settle down and raise a family .

▪ Anne married a Jew, despite being raised a Catholic.

▪ The new generation was the first to be raised on processed food.

▪ Camus was born and raised in Algeria.

10.) raise a smile

to smile when you are not feeling happy, or to make someone smile when they are not feeling happy

▪ I couldn't raise a smile.

11.) ¦(ANIMALS OR PLANTS)¦

to look after animals or grow plants so that they can be sold or used as food

▪ He raised cattle in Nebraska when he was young.

▪ Jim retired to raise raspberries.

12.) ¦(COLLECT PEOPLE)¦

to collect together a large group of people, especially soldiers

▪ The rebels quickly raised an army.

13.) raise your eyebrows

to show surprise, doubt, disapproval etc by moving your ↑eyebrows upwards

▪ Blanche raised her eyebrows in surprise.

14.) raise eyebrows

if something raises eyebrows, it surprises people

▪ The band's new sound will raise some eyebrows.

15.) raise your voice

to speak loudly or shout because you are angry

▪ He's never raised his voice to me.

▪ I could hear raised voices in the next room.

16.) raise your glass

spoken to celebrate someone's happiness or success by holding up your glass and drinking from it

▪ Ladies and gentlemen, will you raise your glasses to the bride and groom.

17.) raise the alarm

British English to warn people about a danger so that they can take action

▪ Sam stayed with his injured friend while a passing motorist raised the alarm.

18.) raise the spectre of sth

literary to make people feel afraid that something frightening might soon happen

▪ The violence has raised the spectre of civil war.

19.) raise its (ugly) head

if a question or problem raises its head, it appears and has to be dealt with

▪ Another problem then raised its ugly head.

20.)¦(CARD GAME)¦

to make a higher ↑bid than an opponent in a card game

▪ I'll raise you $100.

21.) raise hell informal

to complain in a very angry way about something you think is not acceptable

▪ I'll raise hell with whoever is responsible for this mess.

22.) raise hell/Cain

especially AmE to behave in a wild, noisy way that upsets other people

▪ The kids next door were raising hell last night.

23.) raise the roof

to make a very loud noise when singing, celebrating etc

24.) ¦(SPEAK TO SOMEBODY)¦

to speak to someone on a piece of radio equipment

= ↑contact, get ↑get

▪ They finally managed to raise him at Miller's sheep farm.

25.) ¦(WAKE SOMEBODY)¦

literary to wake someone who is difficult to wake

▪ Try as he might he could not raise her.

26.) ¦(DEAD PERSON)¦

old use to make someone who has died live again

▪ Jesus raised Lazarus from the grave.

27.) raise a siege/embargo

formal to allow goods to go in and out of a place again after they have been stopped by force or by a law

28.) ¦(BUILD)¦

formal to build something such as a ↑monument

= ↑erect

29.) raise 2/4/10 etc to the power of 2/3/4 etc

technical to multiply a number by itself a particular number of times

▪ 2 raised to the power of 3 is 8.

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WORD CHOICE: raise, rise

When raise is a verb, it must have an object. It is a fairly formal way to say 'lift something up' or 'move something up' : Raise your right hand. | He raised the box above his head.

It is not formal when it means 'make something increase' : We will have to raise our fees.

When rise is a verb, it does not have an object. It is a fairly formal way to say 'move up' : Smoke rose into the sky. It is also a formal way to say 'get up' or 'stand up', used mainly in literary writing |He rose to greet me.

It is not formal when it means 'increase' : Prices are rising rapidly.

In British English, raise is never a noun. Use rise : He asked for a pay rise. | There has been a rise in unemployment.

In American English, a raise is an increase in pay : She offered me a raise.

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raise ²

raise² n

AmE an increase in the money you earn

British Equivalent: rise