Rise or Raise

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Give me more examples for 'rise' and 'raise'

Fivejedjon · Accepted Answer

Have you any more demands?

An0nymous · Answer

Rise and raise can be verbs or nouns. Rise can only be an intransitive verb, never a transitive one. Raise can be a transitive or an intransitive verb. Examples of usage:

Rise as an intransitive verb:

I rise at dawn every morning.

The cake will rise well if you prepared all the ingredients correctly.

You will rise when the teacher enters the classroom.

Rise as a noun:

There's a slight rise next to the lake from which you can get a good view of the surrounding countryside.

You finally got a rise out of him with that joke.

You should expect a rise and fall in your fortunes over the years.

Raise as a transitive verb:

Raise your hand if you have a question.

I didn't raise you to be a no-good.

We've got everything in place to raise the sunken treasure ship.

Raise as an intransitive verb (this is used exclusively in the context of poker):

He likes to bluff and will raise when he has nothing in his hand.

Raise as a noun:

His last raise drove out all the other players except me.

I asked my boss for a raise.

Fivejedjon · Answer

An0nymousI asked my boss for a raise.

The British ask for a rise.

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