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neg-raising

neg-raising noun: the phenomenon by which certain negated predicates (e.g. think, believe, expect) can give rise to a reading where the negation seems to take scope from an embedded clause.

Noun (1)

neg-raising (uncountable)

  1. The phenomenon by which certain negated predicates (e.g. think, believe, expect) can give rise to a reading where the negation seems to take scope from an embedded clause.

Noun (2) capitalized: NEG-raising

NEG-raising (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of neg-raising.

Noun (3) capitalized: Neg-Raising

Neg-Raising (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of neg-raising.

Forms of neg-raising

alternative formNEG-raising
alternative formNeg-Raising
alternative formnegative raising

Origin of neg-raising

From neg, clipping of negative + raising.

Questions about neg-raising

What does neg-raising mean?
Neg-raising means the phenomenon by which certain negated predicates (e.g. think, believe, expect) can give rise to a reading where the negation seems to take scope from an embedded clause.
What part of speech is neg-raising?
Neg-raising is a noun.

Words near neg-raising in the dictionary

  1. Neftekamsk
  2. neftgil
  3. Nefyn
  4. neg
  5. neg diff
  6. neg-raising
  7. neg.
  8. nega-
  9. negabent
  10. negabicomplex
  11. negabinary

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: neg-raising (page history and authors); NEG-raising (page history and authors); Neg-Raising (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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