Raise somebodys status là gì

1  to move, cause to move, or elevate to a higher position or level; lift  

2  to set or place in an upright position  

3  to construct, build, or erect  
to raise a barn    

4  to increase in amount, size, value, etc.  
to raise prices    

5  to increase in degree, strength, intensity, etc.  
to raise one's voice    

6  to advance in rank or status; promote  

7  to arouse or awaken from or as if from sleep or death  

8  to stir up or incite; activate  
to raise a mutiny    

9  ♦ raise Cain [or the devil, hell, the roof etc.]  

a  to create a boisterous disturbance  

b  to react or protest heatedly  

10  to give rise to; cause or provoke  
to raise a smile    

11  to put forward for consideration  
to raise a question    

12  to cause to assemble or gather together; collect  
to raise an army    

13  to grow or cause to grow  
to raise a crop    

14  to bring up; rear  
to raise a family    

15  to cause to be heard or known; utter or express  
to raise a shout, to raise a protest    

16  to bring to an end; remove  
to raise a siege, raise a ban    

17  to cause [dough, bread, etc.] to rise, as by the addition of yeast  

18    [Poker]  to bet more than [the previous player]  

19    [Bridge]  to bid [one's partner's suit] at a higher level  

20    [Nautical]  to cause [something] to seem to rise above the horizon by approaching  
we raised land after 20 days    

21  to establish radio communications with  
we managed to raise Moscow last night    

22  to obtain [money, funds, capital, etc.]  

23  to bring [a surface, a design, etc.] into relief; cause to project  

24  to cause [a blister, welt, etc.] to form on the skin  

25  to expel [phlegm] by coughing  

26    [Phonetics]  to modify the articulation of [a vowel] by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth  

27    [Maths]  to multiply [a number] by itself a specified number of times  
8 is 2 raised to the power 3    

a  to institute [a suit or action at law]  

29    [Chiefly U.S. and Canadian]  to increase the amount payable on [a cheque, money order, etc.] fraudulently  

30    [Curling]  to push [a stone] towards the tee with another stone  

a    [Also]   raise ones eyebrows  to look quizzical or surprised  

b  to give rise to doubt or disapproval  

32  ♦ raise one's glass [to]  to drink the health of [someone]; drink a toast [to]  

33  ♦ raise one's hat  
Old-fashioned  to take one's hat briefly off one's head as a greeting or mark of respect  
    n  

34  the act or an instance of raising  

35    [Chiefly U.S. and Canadian]  an increase, esp. in salary, wages, etc.; rise  
    [C12: from Old Norse reisa; related to Old English ræran to rear2]  
♦   raisable, raiseable    adj  
♦   raiser    n  

• status  n. [Medical] repetitive fits or crises : sign of vital distress
  

  Status epilepticus, asthmiticus

• gazump  v. raise a price after agreeing on a lower one
  

  Common real estate term but 'of uncertain origin'. However WW1 Australian soldier's diary records: "Huge rubber gun gazumps were falling all over the town [Watten]..." A weapon?

• captious  n. 1: marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections 2: calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument
• F-bomb  n. Used as an euphemism for replacing the word ‘fuck', with reference to the latter's taboo status and potential to shock or offend
  

  Ex: Known for her banters and taste for swearing, the down-to-earth and much loved popstar was nonetheless warned to avoid dropping the F-bomb during the broadcast live ceremony

• scally  n. A scally is a working class youth who wears designer sports clothes as a status symbol
  

  Colloquial Very similar to a chav [but chavs are more extreme in their appearance than scallies]

• left-handed marriage  n. Marriage between a man of royal or noble birth and a woman of lesser status, with the stipulation that wife and children have no claims to his titles or possessions or dignity. Still common at the beginning of the 20th C., the practice is now rare. Syn. Morganatic marriage, marriage of the left hand
  

  So-called, because at the nuptial ceremony the husband gives his left hand to the bride, rather than his right, when saying, “I take thee for my wedded wife.”