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raised

/ɹeɪzd/

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verb

(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

Examples :

"to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself"

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To create, increase or develop.

Examples :

"We need to raise the motivation level in the company."

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To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).

Examples :

"Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police."

communication technology signal

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To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.

Examples :

"John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money."

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To exponentiate, to involute.

Examples :

"Two raised to the fifth power equals 32."

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(of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.

Examples :

"The question of who is responsible was raised during the meeting. "

grammar linguistics

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(of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.

Examples :

"The teacher asked the students to raise their vowels in the word "boat." "

phonetics language linguistics

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To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.

Examples :

"The cashier noticed that someone had raised the value of the check from $10 to $100 by adding extra zeros. "

business finance law value economy

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To throw (an exception).

Examples :

"A division by zero will raise an exception."

computing technical

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adjective

Embossed, in relief.

Examples :

"The greeting card had raised lettering, making the words feel textured to the touch. "

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