Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. elevation, lift, raising(noun)

   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, nurture(noun)

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

3. breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing(adj)

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

   "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

4. raising(adj)

   increasing in quantity or value

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. raising(Noun)

   Elevation.

2. raising(Noun)

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

3. raising(Noun)

   Recruitment.

4. raising(Noun)

   Collection or gathering, especially of money.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Raising

   of Raise

2. Raising(noun)

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

3. Raising(noun)

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

4. Raising(noun)

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

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. arising

2. airings

3. air sign

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

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Chief Executive Bracken Darrell:

   We are raising prices around the world.

2. Ben Avery:

   Bad news is good news for fund-raising.

3. Kenneth Richardson:

   I don't ever even remember him raising his voice.

4. Zaman Ali:

   Humanity is about raising up each other for good.”

5. Jeff Powell:

   The likelihood of the Fed raising in March is very low.

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