What does raising mean?

Definitions for raising
rais·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. elevation, lift, raisingnoun

    the event of something being raised upward

    "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"

  2. raising, rearing, nurturenoun

    the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

  3. breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringingadjective

    helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

    "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

  4. raisingadjective

    increasing in quantity or value

    "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"

Wiktionary

  1. raisingnoun

    Elevation.

  2. raisingnoun

    Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity

  3. raisingnoun

    Recruitment.

  4. raisingnoun

    Collection or gathering, especially of money.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Raising

    of Raise

  2. Raisingnoun

    the act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life

  3. Raisingnoun

    specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising

  4. Raisingnoun

    the operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'raising' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3823

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'raising' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4698

Anagrams for raising »

  1. air sign

  2. airings

  3. arising

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of raising in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of raising in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of raising in a Sentence

  1. Spokesman Yang Yujun:

    The army is an important force in our military, the setting up of this army mechanism will benefit ... raising management efficiency and accelerate military modernisation.

  2. Ingo Hofmaier:

    Glencore's exit was clearly a no confidence vote on the sector but foremost on a company that is disadvantaged versus the other big players, the situation is critical. Raising capital now will put pressure on the share price and as the highest-cost of the big producers, Lonmin is the first to feel the pain and the need to restructure.

  3. Sonja Lyubomirsky:

    Happy people don't sit around, they strive for something personally meaningful, whether it's learning a new language, retraining in their careers or raising good kids. Find a happy person, and you will find a project.

  4. Rob Thummel:

    We believe that OPEC will act like a central bank going forward, raising and lowering production as necessary with an objective of keeping global oil inventories at normal, 5-year levels.

  5. Spencer Zwick:

    You see campaigns raising significant money, but I would say the great majority (of former Romney donors) have not yet aligned with a candidate, this is really a chance for donors to get to know and ultimately pick the candidate they want to support.

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