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Past tense of raise

regular verb

The past tense of raise is raised. The past participle is also raised.

Forms of raise

Base form (V1)raise /ɹeɪz/
Past tense (V2)raised /ɹeɪzd/
Past participle (V3)raised /ɹeɪzd/
Present participleraising /ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/
Third person singularraises

Raised in a sentence

  • the flag was raised
  • The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
  • Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.From the entry birth
  • A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.From the entry meat
  • The sharp sign indicates that the pitch of the note is raised a half step.From the entry sign

Meaning of raise

  1. verb To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
  2. verb To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
  3. verb To cause something to come to the surface of water.

Full definition of raise

Questions about the past tense of raise

What is the past tense of raise?
The past tense of raise is raised.
What is the past participle of raise?
The past participle of raise is raised.
Is raise a regular or irregular verb?
Raise is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: raise (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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