RAISING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • raising someone to be an accepted member of the community
   Synonym(s)
   • breeding (what does breeding mean?)
   • bringing up (what does bringing up mean?)
   • fosterage (what does fosterage mean?)
   • fostering (what does fostering mean?)
   • nurture (what does nurture mean?)
   • rearing (what does rearing mean?)
   • upbringing (what does upbringing mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
   Hypernyms(s) raising is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • socialization (what does socialization mean?)
   • socialisation (what does socialisation mean?)
   • acculturation (what does acculturation mean?)
   • enculturation (what does enculturation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rear (what does rear mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • bring up (what does bring up mean?)
   • nurture (what does nurture mean?)
   • parent (what does parent mean?)
   • rear (what does rear mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • bring up (what does bring up mean?)
   • nurture (what does nurture mean?)
   • parent (what does parent mean?)
   • foster (what does foster mean?)
   • nurture (what does nurture mean?)
   • foster (what does foster mean?)
   • nurture (what does nurture mean?)
   • foster (what does foster mean?)
   • further (what does further mean?)
   • foster (what does foster mean?)
   • nurture (what does nurture mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
   Synonym(s)
   • nurture (what does nurture mean?)
   • rearing (what does rearing mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) raising is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • upbringing (what does upbringing mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rear (what does rear mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • bring up (what does bring up mean?)
   • nurture (what does nurture mean?)
   • parent (what does parent mean?)
   • foster (what does foster mean?)
   • nurture (what does nurture mean?)
   • rear (what does rear mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • bring up (what does bring up mean?)
   • nurture (what does nurture mean?)
   • parent (what does parent mean?)
   • rear (what does rear mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • bring up (what does bring up mean?)
   • nurture (what does nurture mean?)
   • parent (what does parent mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the event of something being raised upward
   Synonym(s)
   • elevation (what does elevation mean?)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
   • a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
   Hypernyms(s) raising is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rise (what does rise mean?)
   • rising (what does rising mean?)
   • ascent (what does ascent mean?)
   • ascension (what does ascension mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • rise (what does rise mean?)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   • arise (what does arise mean?)
   • move up (what does move up mean?)
   • go up (what does go up mean?)
   • come up (what does come up mean?)
   • uprise (what does uprise mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   • elevate (what does elevate mean?)
   • get up (what does get up mean?)
   • bring up (what does bring up mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   • elevate (what does elevate mean?)
   • get up (what does get up mean?)
   • bring up (what does bring up mean?)

RAISING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • increasing in quantity or value
   Usage Example(s)
   • a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate
   Similar To
   • increasing (what does increasing mean?)