different between construct vs raise

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin constructus, from construo (“I heap together, build, make, construct, connect grammatically”), from com- (“together”) + struo (“I heap up, pile”). Doublet of construe.

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) enPR: k?n'str?kt, IPA^(key): /?k?n.st??kt/
• (US) enPR: kän'str?kt, IPA^(key): /?k?n.st??kt/

Verb

• (UK, US) enPR: k?n-str?kt', IPA^(key): /k?n?st??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

construct (plural constructs)

1. Something constructed from parts.

2. A concept or model.

3. (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.

Synonyms

• (something constructed from parts): construction
• (concept, model): concept, idea, model, notion, representation

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Translations

Verb

construct (third-person singular simple present constructs, present participle constructing, simple past and past participle constructed)

1. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

2. (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
   • 1997, Marita Sturken, Tangled Memories

     The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.

3. (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.

Synonyms

• (build or form by assembling parts'): assemble, build, form, make, produce, put together
• (build (a sentence or argument)): form
• (draw (a geometric figure)):

Antonyms

• (build or form by assembling parts): destroy, disassemble, dismantle, ruin, wreck, take apart

Derived terms

• deconstruct
• overconstruct
• reconstruct
• unconstruct

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Translations

Further reading

• construct in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• construct in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• construct at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?z, IPA^(key): /?e?z/
• Homophones: rase, rays, raze, rehs, réis, res
• Rhymes: -e?z

Etymology 1

From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijan?, *raizijan? (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *r?san? (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?rey- (“to rise, arise”). Cognate with Old English r?sian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English r?san (“to seize, carry off”), Old English r?ran (“to cause to rise, raise, rear, build, create”). Doublet of rear.

Verb

raise (third-person singular simple present raises, present participle raising, simple past and past participle raised)

1. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
   1. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
   2. To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.

   3. (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.

   4. To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
   5. (figuratively) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.

   6. (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
   7. (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
2. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
   1. To collect or amass.

   2. To bring up; to grow; to promote.

   3. To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.

   4. (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).

   5. To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
3. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).

4. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.

5. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.

6. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
7. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
8. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
9. (computing) To throw (an exception).

Usage notes

• It is standard US English to raise children, and this usage has become common in all kinds of English since the 1700s. Until fairly recently, however, US teachers taught the traditional rule that one should raise crops and animals, but rear children, despite the fact that this contradicted general usage. It is therefore not surprising that some people still prefer to rear children and that this is considered correct but formal in US English. It is widespread in UK English and not considered formal.
• It is generally considered incorrect to say rear crops or (adult) animals in US English, but this expression is common in UK English.

Synonyms

• (to cause to rise): lift

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

raise (plural raises)

1. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).

   The boss gave me a raise.

2. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
3. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
4. (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.

Derived terms

• lateral raise
• leg raise

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreysi; the spelling came about under the influence of the folk etymology that derived it from the verb.

Noun

raise (plural raises)

1. A cairn or pile of stones.

Translations

Further reading

• raise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aesir, Aries, ERISA, Resia, aesir, aires, arise, reais, serai

Middle English

Noun

raise

1. Alternative form of reys