Definition of "raise" in Anglais

verb

1. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

   • to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
   • the flag was raised

2. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.

   • We need to raise the motivation level in the company.
   • to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods; to raise (increase) taxes

3. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).

   • Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.

4. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.

   • John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.

5. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.

   • Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.

6. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.

7. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.

8. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.

9. (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).

   • A division by zero will raise an exception.

10. (India, transitive) To open, initiate.

    • I will raise a trouble-ticket in order to correct this reporting issue.

11. Misspelling of raze.

noun

1. (US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).

   • The boss gave me a raise.

2. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.

3. (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.

4. (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.

   • 1944 United States. Bureau of Mines • War Minerals Report 386. Google books It was necessary to spile through the vug, as it was filled with mud. A raise was driven 55 feet to the surface in this vug for ventilation, and it was completed just as the demand for optical calcite ceased. The underground drifts were left well timbered, and mining of this deposit could be started with very little preliminary work.