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• present participle of raise.

raising

American  

[rey-zing] / ˈreɪ zɪŋ /

noun

Linguistics.

• raisings
  plural

1. a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.

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raising British  

/ ˈreɪzɪŋ /

noun

1. transformational grammar a rule that moves a constituent from an embedded clause into the main clause See also subject-raising negative-raising

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• self-raising
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• raisings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of raising

raise + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

raising raisings

“Last year we traveled to dozens of places around the world—places we were too busy to see when building Starbucks and raising kids. ”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

Jade said her nan was alerted by the smell of burning from the living room on Thursday afternoon and fled to join neighbours in the street who were also raising the alarm.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

They dedicated their business to raising pigs, and then cattle, in a humane and environmentally sound way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Species that live this way form colonies containing overlapping generations, cooperate in raising young and divide reproductive responsibilities.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

Razi pointed to the rock, which rose out of the water looking for all the world like an elephant raising its trunk to the sky.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

Like barn raisings or pub quizzes, Pynchon may be best tackled among friends, with each contributor volunteering their insights and interpretations to inspire the rest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

Notably, junior raisings point to a 2026 exploration boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

Orora shares remain suspended while it raises $A1.35 billion, in one of the largest Australian capital raisings in the past year.

From Reuters ● Sep. 5, 2023

In the meantime, construction of the proposed nature-based solutions, house raisings, and basement fillings would be paused.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023

It is the life of our trainings, and town-meetings, and elections, and bees, and raisings, and harvests, and sleighing-parties.

From Select Temperance Tracts by American Tract Society

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