raising

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the event of something being raised upward
noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing.

“Where is the raising of Lazarus? — Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The raising of a neighboring window disturbed him. — The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete, Mark Twain
“The raising of the second lid will be easy. — She who sleeps : $b A romance of New York and the Nile, Sax Rohmer

elevation, lift

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