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.

ChatGPT

  1. raising

    Raising refers to the act of moving, lifting, or elevating something to a higher position. It can also mean growing or nurturing something over a period of time, such as children or animals. In addition, the term can refer to increasing the amount of something, like raising the temperature or the volume. In financial terms, it can mean accumulating or collecting funds. Its specific definition varies depending on the context in which it is used.

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. Jonas Nay:

    I guess the youth back then had really the impression that they could change something, that they had a voice, and ... it's coming back to that right now in the youth because of social media networks and analysts that are reacting on comments, on movements, on the internet and stuff. So ... people of my age are raising their voices again.

  2. Linda Chatman:

    I'm a single mom. I'm raising him by myself, you know, he's a boy. I'm a female. I'm just doing the best I can do with him.

  3. Kee Hoong Tan:

    The concern is whether they can execute the fund-raising. Until they announce something on this, the stock will remain weak.

  4. Beckham Sheiman:

    Everyone put their heart and soul into saving his life, they needed to know how much it meant to us. While we were there for 185 days, we won't forget it. They're practically raising our kids.

  5. Phil Flynn:

    The possibility that the United States and China can get the trade talks on track ... is raising hopes that they might actually get some type of deal, that's why we are seeing this big rebound in prices.

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