Definition as Noun

• orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

Definition as Noun

• increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
• the act of raising something
• the amount a salary is increased

Definition as Verb

Definition as Verb

• raise the level or amount of something
• cause to be heard or known; express or utter
• collect funds for a specific purpose
• create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
• bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
• bet more than the previous player
• pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
• activate or stir up
• establish radio communications with
• multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
• bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
• put forward for consideration or discussion
• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
• increase
• construct, build, or erect
• cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
• cause to puff up with a leaven
• raise from a lower to a higher position
• move upwards
• raise in rank or condition
• invigorate or heighten
• put an end to
• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
• look after a child until it is an adult
• cause to assemble or enlist in the military
• cause to become alive again

• advance, approach, feeler

• preliminary, prelude

• ascent, acclivity, rise, climb, upgrade

• lift, heave

• rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase

• arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, provoke

• bring up

• conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth

• enhance, heighten

• erect, rear, set up, put up

• grow, farm, produce

• leaven, prove

• lift, elevate, get up, bring up

• lift

• lift, elevate

• lift

• lift

• promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, elevate

• rear, bring up, nurture, parent

• recruit, levy

• resurrect, upraise

• "she rejected his advances"

• "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"

• "I'll see your raise and double it"

• "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

• "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

• "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"

• "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"

• "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry"

• "The President raised several million dollars for his college"

• "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain"

• "raise your `o'"

• "raise a mutiny"

• "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"

• "raised edges"

• "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

• "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"

• "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

• "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"

• "raise a barn"

• "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"

• "unleavened bread"

• "raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

• "lift one's eyes"

• "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

• "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"

• "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"

• "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"

• "raise a family"; "bring up children"

• "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"

• "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"

• Overture vs advance
• Overture vs approach
• Overture vs feeler
• Overture vs preliminary
• Overture vs prelude
• Overture vs ascent
• Overture vs acclivity
• Overture vs rise
• Overture vs climb
• Overture vs upgrade
• Overture vs lift
• Overture vs heave
• Overture vs wage hike
• Overture vs hike
• Overture vs wage increase
• Overture vs salary increase
• Overture vs arouse
• Overture vs elicit
• Overture vs enkindle
• Overture vs kindle
• Overture vs evoke
• Overture vs fire
• Overture vs provoke
• Overture vs bring up
• Overture vs conjure
• Overture vs conjure up
• Overture vs invoke
• Overture vs stir
• Overture vs call down
• Overture vs put forward
• Overture vs call forth
• Overture vs enhance
• Overture vs heighten
• Overture vs erect
• Overture vs rear
• Overture vs set up
• Overture vs put up
• Overture vs grow
• Overture vs farm
• Overture vs produce
• Overture vs leaven
• Overture vs prove
• Overture vs elevate
• Overture vs get up
• Overture vs promote
• Overture vs kick upstairs
• Overture vs nurture
• Overture vs parent
• Overture vs recruit
• Overture vs levy
• Overture vs resurrect
• Overture vs upraise

• Raise vs advance
• Raise vs approach
• Raise vs feeler
• Raise vs preliminary
• Raise vs prelude
• Raise vs ascent
• Raise vs acclivity
• Raise vs rise
• Raise vs climb
• Raise vs upgrade
• Raise vs lift
• Raise vs heave
• Raise vs wage hike
• Raise vs hike
• Raise vs wage increase
• Raise vs salary increase
• Raise vs arouse
• Raise vs elicit
• Raise vs enkindle
• Raise vs kindle
• Raise vs evoke
• Raise vs fire
• Raise vs provoke
• Raise vs bring up
• Raise vs conjure
• Raise vs conjure up
• Raise vs invoke
• Raise vs stir
• Raise vs call down
• Raise vs put forward
• Raise vs call forth
• Raise vs enhance
• Raise vs heighten
• Raise vs erect
• Raise vs rear
• Raise vs set up
• Raise vs put up
• Raise vs grow
• Raise vs farm
• Raise vs produce
• Raise vs leaven
• Raise vs prove
• Raise vs elevate
• Raise vs get up
• Raise vs promote
• Raise vs kick upstairs
• Raise vs nurture
• Raise vs parent
• Raise vs recruit
• Raise vs levy
• Raise vs resurrect
• Raise vs upraise