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English

1. 🔊 increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
   “I'll see your raise and double it”
2. 🔊 the amount a salary is increased
   “he got a 3% raise”
3. 🔊 the act of raising something
   “he responded with a lift of his eyebrow”
4. 🔊 an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
   “the car couldn't make it up the rise”
5. 🔊 raise the level or amount of something
   “raise my salary”
6. 🔊 invigorate or heighten
   “lift my spirits”
7. 🔊 bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
   “raised edges”
8. 🔊 multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
9. 🔊 establish radio communications with
   “They managed to raise Hanoi last night”
10. 🔊 activate or stir up
    “raise a mutiny”
11. 🔊 cause to be heard or known
    “raise a shout”
12. 🔊 pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
    “raise your `o'”
13. 🔊 put forward for consideration or discussion
    “raise the question of promotions”
14. 🔊 bet more than the previous player
15. 🔊 bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
16. 🔊 summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
    “raise the specter of unemployment”
17. 🔊 construct, build, or erect
    “Raise a barn”
18. 🔊 create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
    “raise hell”
19. 🔊 raise from a lower to a higher position
    “Raise your hands”
20. 🔊 cause to puff up with a leaven
    “unleavened bread”
21. 🔊 collect funds for a specific purpose
    “The President raised several million dollars for his college”
22. 🔊 cause to become alive again
    “raise from the dead”
23. 🔊 put an end to
    “lift a ban”
24. 🔊 raise in rank or condition
    “The new law lifted many people from poverty”
25. 🔊 cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
    “The Bordeaux region produces great red wines”
26. 🔊 move upwards
    “lift one's eyes”
27. 🔊 look after a child until it is an adult
    “raise a family”
28. 🔊 increase
    “This will enhance your enjoyment”
29. 🔊 cause to assemble or enlist in the military
    “raise an army”
30. 🔊 give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
    “John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired”
31. 🔊 call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
    “arouse pity”

Spanish

1. 🔊 aumento raise
2. 🔊 subir to raise
3. 🔊 altear to raise, to erect
4. 🔊 sublevar to raise, to lift up
5. 🔊 encaramar to raise, lift, elevate
6. 🔊 reunir to raise, to muster (e.g. money, an army)
7. 🔊 suscitar to raise, to give rise to, to elicit (e.g., a question, a concern, support)
8. 🔊 plantear to raise, to pose, to suggest, to propose, to bring up, to formulate (e.g., a question, a solution, an idea)

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