English dictionary
raising
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- increasing in quantity or value
noun
- helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
noun
- the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
noun
- the event of something being raised upward
Example sentences
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