👶 To bring up ⬆️ To increase 🗣️ To bring up ✋ To lift 💰 A pay increase 🧟 To bring back 🃏 To increase bet 🏗️ To build 🏆 To promote 📡 To contact 🍞 To make rise 🃏 A higher bet ⬆️ A lift 🔤 To change sound ⛰️ An upward slope

to raise

38 2.7

To move someone to a higher job or rank

verb
/reɪz/

: ascender a

Not surprisingly, attorneys have raised their fees for handling bankruptcies.
raise someone's status

And I think he's preaching certain things that can get you respect, can raise your status as a male.

Examples

The company plans to raise the position of the new manager to regional director next month.
Obstetricians were beginning to professionalize and raise their status in the medical community by improving their medical education.

Academic text (1994)
You raise your standard, you raise what you will no longer accept.
I would like to raise a point after you identify yourself.
So she raised my "C" to a "B."

Clueless (1995)
Factory employment has raised the economic standing of average people as the revolution has raised their political standing.

Academic text (1990)
- Everybody raise your glasses to Rey and his new promotion.

Paper Champions (2020)
But Strauss's chief practical concern throughout was to raise the status and reform the character of liberal education.

Academic text (2003)
She received a promotion that would raise her from team leader to department head.
The board decided to raise the candidate to an executive position based on her outstanding performance.

Synonyms

to promote

vsto raise

182 2.9

Give someone a higher job or rank

is the general word for moving someone to a higher rank or condition

to elevate

vsto raise

Formal

52 4.4

To give someone a higher job or rank

is a more formal term for the same upward change

to upgrade

vsto raise

23 3.6

To give someone a higher job or rank

is a general word for moving someone to higher rank or condition

to bump up

vsto raise

23 3.4

To raise prices or amounts by a lot

applies to making rank or condition higher rather than general increases

to exalt

vsto raise

Formal

21 7.2

To raise someone to a higher position or praise them strongly

concerns rank change rather than admiration or praise

to bring up

vsto raise

3 3.3

Move someone to a higher job or rank

focuses on the general act of moving someone to a higher position

to spot promote

vsto raise

8.1

To give someone a higher job immediately without following normal steps

is the usual term, not specifically immediate or procedural bypass

to kick upstairs

vsto raise

Informal

7.9

Promote someone to a higher job to move them out of a key role

is the neutral term for moving someone up, not a way to sideline them

Antonyms

to demote

37 5.6

To move someone to a lower job or rank because they did not do well

Idioms

to raise hell

NSFW

15 7.9

Behave loudly and angrily to cause trouble

to raise a glass

9 3.7

Hold up a drink with others to celebrate someone or something

to raise the dead

9 9.9

Make a dead person alive again using magic or other power

to raise an eyebrow

9 4.5

To show surprise or doubt by lifting one eyebrow

to raise eyebrows

5 4.2

Make people feel surprised, shocked, or disapproving because something is unusual

to raise the spectre

4 7.7

To say that something bad might happen

to raise a stink

2 7.4

To complain loudly and make people notice the problem

to raise Cain

Informal

1 8.6

To make a noisy public protest

to raise the roof

Informal

1 8.0

Get very angry and shout loudly

to raise hackles

1 7.9

To make someone angry or upset

to raise someone's spirits

1 3.4

Help someone feel happier

to raise a snifter

8.8

Lift a small brandy glass to make a toast

to raise a libation

9.9

Offer a drink in a ceremony to honor someone or a god

to raise a middle finger

Offensive

8.3

To show anger or insult someone by lifting the middle finger

to raise one's hands in victory

3.4

Lift both arms above your head to show you have won

to raise to the purple

Archaic

9.9

To reach a very high position, often as a king or queen

to whistle for a raise

Informal

9.8

Expect to get something that is very unlikely, for example more pay

Phrasal Verbs

to raise awareness

37 3.5

To help more people know about a problem or cause

to raise the issue

22 3.7

To bring up a topic or problem for discussion

to raise the bar

16 4.0

To set a higher standard that others must reach

to raise the stakes

14 4.9

An action that increases the risk and possible reward in a situation

to raise one's hand

9 1.6

Lift your hand to show you want to speak or ask a question

to raise suspicion

7 4.6

Make people doubt someone or something

to raise up

7 2.1

To lift something or someone to a higher place

to raise one's voice

5 3.4

Speak more loudly, often because you are angry or want to be heard

to raise the rent

5 3.7

To increase the amount of money someone pays to live in a place

to raise red flag

3 4.6

To signal that there may be a problem or danger

to raise a toast

3 3.9

To make a short speech and drink to honor someone or something

to raise the flag

1 5.1

To tell people about an idea or problem to see how they react

to push for a raise

3.5

To ask firmly for more pay from your boss

to raise the line

6.3

Make standards or expectations higher

How High

to exalt

Formal

21 7.2

to elevate

128 3.9

to raise

38 2.7

to promote

182 2.9

to move up

43 2.0

Surface Forms

raise infinitive

raised past

raised past participle

raising present participle

raises third person singular

Etymology

Raise began with the idea of 'lifting up', like putting someone on a higher step, so to raise a person at work is to move them to a higher position.