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raising
adjective
noun
Increasing in quantity or value
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adjective
Increasing in quantity or value
“A cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate”
noun
Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
“They debated whether nature or nurture was more important”
noun
The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
noun
The event of something being raised upward
“An elevation of the temperature in the afternoon”
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A cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate
They debated whether nature or nurture was more important
An elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
A raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
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