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raised someone's consciousness

raised someone's consciousness is the simple past and past participle of raise someone's consciousness.

Meaning of raise someone's consciousness

Verb

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

  1. To increase a person's awareness of, and often sympathy for, an issue, cause, or condition.
    • She said I had "offended" some of her "little sisters" that didn't understand this all + I said well that they can't be that little if they're in this bar + maybe it'll raise their consciousness a little so they do understand.1973 February 26, Lou Sullivan, Diary

Questions about raised someone's consciousness

What is raised someone's consciousness the simple past and past participle of?
Raised someone's consciousness is the simple past and past participle of raise someone's consciousness.

Words near raised someone's consciousness in the dictionary

  1. raised point
  2. raised points
  3. raised ranch
  4. raised ranches
  5. raised red flags
  6. raised someone's consciousness
  7. raised someone's hackles
  8. raised someone's shackles
  9. raised someone's shag
  10. raised someone's spirits
  11. raised steam

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