raising

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. the event of something being raised upward (Freq. 1)
- an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
- a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
• Syn:
elevation, lift
• Derivationally related forms:
raise, lift (for: lift), elevate (for: elevation)
• Hypernyms:
rise, rising, ascent, ascension
2. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
• Syn:
rearing, nurture
• Derivationally related forms:
nurture (for: nurture), rear (for: rearing), raise
• Hypernyms:
upbringing
3. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
• Syn:
breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture,
rearing, upbringing
• Derivationally related forms:
rear (for: rearing), nurtural (for: nurture), nurture (for: nurture), foster (for: fosterage), foster (for: fostering)
• Hypernyms:
socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation

II - adjective

increasing in quantity or value (Freq. 2)
- a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate
• Similar to:
increasing

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  lift, heave, ascent, acclivity, rise, climb, upgrade, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase, resurrect, upraise, bring up, recruit, levy, leaven, prove, promote, advance, kick upstairs, elevate, enhance, heighten, arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, provoke, erect,
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope, demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs, level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down, lower, let down, get down, bring down