Raise
Raise verb - To make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion).
Usage example: too afraid to raise an objection
State
State verb - To make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion).
Usage example: everyone has a right to state his or her opinion, no matter how unpopular it may be
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good raise | good state |
| normal | normal raise | normal state |
| dead | dead raise | dead state |
| small | small raise | small state |
| Other adjectives: bad, permanent, temporary, higher. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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White Dark Life: Though most of Tori's related family(excluding Boar) are effectively this, she deserves special mention as her transformed state has the physical characteristics of a nekomata, but also possesses the power to raise the dead like a bakeneko.
Source: Hybrid Monster -
And his refusal to raise the shields despite the fact that Starfleet regulations state that if ANY approaching ship does NOT respond to any communications, you are to RAISE THE SHIELDS.
Source: An Aesop -
In India, the state's government plan to raise the building of Tamil University at Thanjavur in the form of the state's name in Tamil letters, when seen from above.
Source: Alphabet Architecture
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