English to English
noun
- the amount a salary is increased
He got a 3% raise.
He got a wage hike.
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- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
The car couldn't make it up the rise.
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- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
I'll see your raise and double it.
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- the act of raising something
He responded with a lift of his eyebrow.
Fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up.
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verb
- raise the level or amount of something
Raise my salary.
Raise the price of bread.
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- raise from a lower to a higher position
Raise your hands.
Lift a load.
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- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
Raise a shout.
Raise a protest.
Raise a sad cry.
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- collect funds for a specific purpose
The President raised several million dollars for his college.
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- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
The Bordeaux region produces great red wines.
They produce good ham in Parma.
We grow wheat here.
We raise hogs here.
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- bring up
Raise a family.
Bring up children.
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- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Raise the specter of unemployment.
He conjured wild birds in the air.
Call down the spirits from the mountain.
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- move upwards
Lift one's eyes.
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- construct, build, or erect
Raise a barn.
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- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Arouse pity.
Raise a smile.
Evoke sympathy.
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- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
Raise hell.
Raise the roof.
Raise Cain.
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- raise in rank or condition
The new law lifted many people from poverty.
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- increase
This will enhance your enjoyment.
Heighten the tension.
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- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
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.
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- cause to puff up with a leaven
Unleavened bread.
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- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
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- bet more than the previous player
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- cause to assemble or enlist in the military
Raise an army.
Recruit new soldiers.
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- put forward for consideration or discussion
Raise the question of promotions.
Bring up an unpleasant topic.
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- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
Raise your `o'.
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- activate or stir up
Raise a mutiny.
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- establish radio communications with
They managed to raise Hanoi last night.
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- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
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- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
Raised edges.
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- invigorate or heighten
Lift my spirits.
Lift his ego.
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- put an end to
Lift a ban.
Raise a siege.
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- cause to become alive again
Raise from the dead.
Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected.
Upraising ghosts.
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- To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [reís] Magtaas; bumuhat; ibangon; itaas; ibunyî; itanghal
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
