DICTOMETER

RAISE

(raise, alza, alzar, aumentar, criar, entonar, establecer, levantar, originar, realzar, forhøye, framheve, heve, jekke, løfte, oppdra, oppfostre, oppføre, oppstå, sette opp, stigning, øke)

1. Synonyms:
   • Raise
   • Rise
   • Wage hike
   • Hike
   • Wage increase
   • Salary increase
   Definitions:
   • the amount a salary is increased
   Examples:
   • He got a 3% raise
   • He got a wage hike
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Ascent
   • Acclivity
   • Rise
   • Raise
   • Climb
   • Upgrade
   Definitions:
   • an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
   Examples:
   • The car couldn't make it up the rise
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Raise
   Definitions:
   • increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
   Examples:
   • I'll see your raise and double it
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Lift
   • Raise
   • Heave
   Definitions:
   • the act of raising something
   Examples:
   • He responded with a lift of his eyebrow
   • Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Raise
   Definitions:
   • raise the level or amount of something
   Examples:
   • Raise my salary
   • Raise the price of bread
   Antonyms:
   lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Raise
   • Lift
   • Elevate
   • Get up
   • Bring up
   Definitions:
   • raise from a lower to a higher position
   Examples:
   • Raise your hands
   • Lift a load
   Antonyms:
   level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Raise
   Definitions:
   • cause to be heard or known
   • express or utter
   Examples:
   • Raise a shout
   • Raise a protest
   • Raise a sad cry
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Raise
   Definitions:
   • collect funds for a specific purpose
   Examples:
   • The President raised several million dollars for his college
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Grow
   • Raise
   • Farm
   • Produce
   Definitions:
   • cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
   Examples:
   • The Bordeaux region produces great red wines
   • They produce good ham in Parma
   • We grow wheat here
   • We raise hogs here
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Rear
   • Raise
   • Bring up
   • Nurture
   • Parent
   Definitions:
   • bring up
   Examples:
   • Raise a family
   • Bring up children
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Raise
   • Conjure
   • Conjure up
   • Invoke
   • Evoke
   • Stir
   • Call down
   • Arouse
   • Bring up
   • Put forward
   • Call forth
   Definitions:
   • summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
   Examples:
   • Raise the specter of unemployment
   • He conjured wild birds in the air
   • Call down the spirits from the mountain
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Lift
   • Raise
   Definitions:
   • move upwards
   Examples:
   • Lift one's eyes
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Raise
   • Erect
   • Rear
   • Set up
   • Put up
   Definitions:
   • construct, build, or erect
   Examples:
   • Raise a barn
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Arouse
    • Elicit
    • Enkindle
    • Kindle
    • Evoke
    • Fire
    • Raise
    • Provoke
    Definitions:
    • call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
    Examples:
    • Arouse pity
    • Raise a smile
    • Evoke sympathy
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Raise
    Definitions:
    • create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
    Examples:
    • Raise hell
    • Raise the roof
    • Raise Cain
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Lift
    • Raise
    • Elevate
    Definitions:
    • raise in rank or condition
    Examples:
    • The new law lifted many people from poverty
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Enhance
    • Heighten
    • Raise
    Definitions:
    • increase
    Examples:
    • This will enhance your enjoyment
    • Heighten the tension
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Promote
    • Upgrade
    • Advance
    • Kick upstairs
    • Raise
    • Elevate
    Definitions:
    • give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
    Examples:
    • John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
    • Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
    • I got promoted after many years of hard work
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Raise
    • Leaven
    • Prove
    Definitions:
    • cause to puff up with a leaven
    Examples:
    • Unleavened bread
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Raise
    Definitions:
    • bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Raise
    Definitions:
    • bet more than the previous player
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Recruit
    • Levy
    • Raise
    Definitions:
    • cause to assemble or enlist in the military
    Examples:
    • Raise an army
    • Recruit new soldiers
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Raise
    • Bring up
    Definitions:
    • put forward for consideration or discussion
    Examples:
    • Raise the question of promotions
    • Bring up an unpleasant topic
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Raise
    Definitions:
    • pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
    Examples:
    • Raise your `o'
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Raise
    Definitions:
    • activate or stir up
    Examples:
    • Raise a mutiny
    
    
22. Synonyms:
    • Raise
    Definitions:
    • establish radio communications with
    Examples:
    • They managed to raise Hanoi last night
    
    
23. Synonyms:
    • Raise
    Definitions:
    • multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
    
    
24. Synonyms:
    • Raise
    Definitions:
    • bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
    Examples:
    • Raised edges
    
    
25. Synonyms:
    • Raise
    • Lift
    Definitions:
    • invigorate or heighten
    Examples:
    • Lift my spirits
    • Lift his ego
    
    
26. Synonyms:
    • Lift
    • Raise
    Definitions:
    • put an end to
    Examples:
    • Lift a ban
    • Raise a siege
    
    
27. Synonyms:
    • Resurrect
    • Raise
    • Upraise
    Definitions:
    • cause to become alive again
    Examples:
    • Raise from the dead
    • Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected
    • Upraising ghosts