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I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid on my apartment happened.
Jock Sturges

Meaning of "raid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RAID

Scottish dialect, from Old English rād military expedition.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RAID

raid  [reɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Raid is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb raid in English.

WHAT DOES RAID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of raid in the English dictionary

The first definition of raid in the dictionary is a sudden surprise attack. Other definition of raid is a surprise visit by police searching for criminals or illicit goods. Raid is also to make a raid against.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RAID

PRESENT

Present
I raid
you raid
he/she/it raids
we raid
you raid
they raid
Present continuous
I am raiding
you are raiding
he/she/it is raiding
we are raiding
you are raiding
they are raiding
Present perfect
I have raided
you have raided
he/she/it has raided
we have raided
you have raided
they have raided
Present perfect continuous
I have been raiding
you have been raiding
he/she/it has been raiding
we have been raiding
you have been raiding
they have been raiding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I raided
you raided
he/she/it raided
we raided
you raided
they raided
Past continuous
I was raiding
you were raiding
he/she/it was raiding
we were raiding
you were raiding
they were raiding
Past perfect
I had raided
you had raided
he/she/it had raided
we had raided
you had raided
they had raided
Past perfect continuous
I had been raiding
you had been raiding
he/she/it had been raiding
we had been raiding
you had been raiding
they had been raiding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will raid
you will raid
he/she/it will raid
we will raid
you will raid
they will raid
Future continuous
I will be raiding
you will be raiding
he/she/it will be raiding
we will be raiding
you will be raiding
they will be raiding
Future perfect
I will have raided
you will have raided
he/she/it will have raided
we will have raided
you will have raided
they will have raided
Future perfect continuous
I will have been raiding
you will have been raiding
he/she/it will have been raiding
we will have been raiding
you will have been raiding
they will have been raiding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would raid
you would raid
he/she/it would raid
we would raid
you would raid
they would raid
Conditional continuous
I would be raiding
you would be raiding
he/she/it would be raiding
we would be raiding
you would be raiding
they would be raiding
Conditional perfect
I would have raid
you would have raid
he/she/it would have raid
we would have raid
you would have raid
they would have raid
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been raiding
you would have been raiding
he/she/it would have been raiding
we would have been raiding
you would have been raiding
they would have been raiding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you raid
we let´s raid
you raid
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to raid
Past participle
raided
Present Participle
raiding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAID


Adelaide
ˈædɪˌleɪd
afraid
əˈfreɪd
aid
eɪd
aide
eɪd
arcade
ɑːˈkeɪd
blade
bleɪd
decade
ˈdɛkeɪd
fade
feɪd
grade
ɡreɪd
handmade
ˌhændˈmeɪd
jade
dʒeɪd
laid
leɪd
made
meɪd
maid
meɪd
paid
peɪd
parade
pəˈreɪd
shade
ʃeɪd
suede
sweɪd
trade
treɪd
upgrade
ʌpˈɡreɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAID

rai
raia
raider
raiding
raiding party
raik
rail
rail gauge
rail link
rail rage
rail strike
rail traffic
rail transport
railbed
railbird
railbus
railcar
railcard
railer
railhead

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAID

aforesaid
braid
bridesmaid
drug raid
first aid
foreign aid
Haid
hearing aid
housemaid
inlaid
legal aid
Medicaid
overlaid
overpaid
plaid
prepaid
repaid
said
underpaid
unpaid

Synonyms and antonyms of raid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RAID»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «raid» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of raid

Translation of «raid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAID

Find out the translation of raid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of raid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «raid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

搜捕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asalto
570 millions of speakers

English

raid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छापे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غَارَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

налет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incursão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপদ্রব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

raid
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Serbuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Überfall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

襲撃
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

급습
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Raid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cuộc đột kích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தாக்குதலில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

RAID
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

baskın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incursione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

najazd
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рейд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

descindere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιδρομή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanval
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

räd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plutselig angrep
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of raid

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAID»

The term «raid» is very widely used and occupies the 8.917 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAID» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «raid» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «raid» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about raid

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10 QUOTES WITH «RAID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word raid.
1
Sharron Angle
What we need is to make our senior citizens feel secure once more with their own Social Security and Medicare. But going forward, we need to personalize that program in a way that the government can't go in and raid it any more.
2
Sherman Austin
What I had later learned was that the FBI knew I was going to New York a couple days after the raid.
3
Michael Bond
In 1941, the BBC was setting up local, low-powered transmitters that were switched off if there was an air raid so they couldn't be used by German planes to navigate. As a 'youth in training,' my job was to switch the transmitter on in the mornings and off at night, and to check that it, and the feeder land lines, were working.
4
Amy Grant
Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning.
5
Stanley Ho
Because I became a refugee in Macau during 1941, we had this war in Hong Kong, I fought for the government as an air raid warden for 15 days. Our government surrendered, Hong Kong Government surrendered, so I took a junk and came to Macau in 16 hours and I was a refugee, so that's why I was so much indebted to Macau.
6
Janis Karpinski
If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take all of you to Abu Ghraib and turn you over to the soldiers. Maybe there's only one or two of you in this group who was a known associate or had any piece of information that they are trying to exploit.
7
Cynthia Payne
Every time we had a raid, I'd get a boyfriend out of it.
8
Mike Pence
It's time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts.
9
Frank Pittman
Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought of washing a dish or changing a diaper?
10
Jock Sturges
I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid on my apartment happened.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAID»

Discover the use of raid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to raid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Raid!: The Untold Story of Patton's Secret Mission
Written by the men who were there, Raid! is the gripping real-life story of a controversial mission in the heart of World War II. From the belly of a Sherman Tank pelted with enemy fire to the POWs waiting behind barbed wire, this is a ...
Richard Baron, 2009
2
Entebbe: The Most Daring Raid of Israel's Special Forces
The Israeli Forces' operation at Entebbe was one of the most daring counter-terrorist assaults of all time. This book explores this important piece of history with lively narration and accessible illustrations and diagrams.
Simon Dunstan, 2011
3
Raid on the Sun: Inside Israel's Secret Campaign that Denied ...
Written with the full and exclusive cooperation of the Israeli Air Force high command, General Ivry (ret.), and all of the eight mission pilots (including Ilan Ramon, who become Israel’s first astronaut and perished tragically in the ...
Rodger Claire, 2004
4
Air Raid--Pearl Harbor!: The Story of December 7, 1941
Examines from both the American and Japanese points of view the political and military events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor and provides compelling insight into the motives and operations of the brave men and women swept up in ...
Theodore Taylor, 1971
5
The Dieppe Raid: The Story of the Disastrous 1942 Expedition
In this book, Robin Neillands has traced numerous surviving veterans of the Raid, in the United Kingdom and Canada, to tell the harrowing story of what actually took place, hour by hour, as disaster unfolded.
Robin Neillands, 2005
6
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry: A Brief History with ...
Jonathan Earle’s volume presents Brown as neither villain nor martyr, but rather as a man whose deeply held abolitionist beliefs gradually evolved to a point where he saw violence as inevitable.
Jonathan Earle, 2008
7
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that ...
In telling the true story of the SEALs whose talents, skills, experiences, and exceptional sacrifices led to one of the greatest victories in the War on Terror, Mark Owen honors the men who risk everything for our country, and he leaves ...
Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer, 2012
8
The Raid: A Dramatic Retelling of Ireland's Epic Tale
In Cuchulainn's heroic stand, the reader discovers the genesis of the determination of the Irish people, their will to stand alone against oppression.
Randy Lee Eickhoff, 2000
9
Israel's Lightning Strike - The raid on Entebbe 1976
This is the incredible story of how the Israeli Special Forces defied radar for over 2,000 miles, masqueraded as a tyrant in a Mercedes and captured uniforms, and defeated an army in brutal combat, in a triumph of sheer audacity and nerve.
Simon Dunstan, 2012
10
Air Raid: Bombing Campaigns of World War II
Offers a history of aerial bombardment, from the first hand-held bombs to the firebombing of World War II, including the use of atomic bombs and discussing the strategy by the Germans and the rationale of the response by the Allies.
Tom McGowen, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term raid is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Jared Fogle's home raid: What does it mean?
Mark O'Mara is a CNN legal analyst and a criminal defense attorney. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. (CNN) Jared ... «CNN, Jul 15»
2
Hatton Garden raid: Eight men in court over £60m safety deposit box …
... appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier today, having been charged with conspiracy to burgle in connection to the raid over the Easter weekend. «Express.co.uk, May 15»
3
What the Snowden Files Say About the Osama Bin Laden Raid
Secret intelligence documents disclosed by Edward Snowden provide new context for evaluating the various accounts of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in ... «The Intercept - First Look Media, May 15»
4
Abu Sayyaf, key ISIS figure in Syria, killed in US raid
(CNN) U.S. Special Operations forces killed a key ISIS commander during a daring raid in eastern Syria overnight Friday to Saturday -- securing intelligence on ... «CNN, May 15»
5
Report: Obama lied about bin Laden raid
“High-level lying nonetheless remains the modus operandi of U.S. policy, along with secret prisons, drone attacks, Special Forces night raids, bypassing the ... «The Hill, May 15»
6
German police seize weapons and chemicals in anti-terror raid
The raid in the town of Oberursel came after security officials learned that three litres of hydrogen peroxide had been purchased at a hardware store by someone ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
7
Hatton Garden jewellery raid: CCTV footage emerges
It is thought that millions of pounds' worth of jewels, gold and cash were stolen in the raid on the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company. Photograph: Dominic ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
8
Pakistan soldiers raid MQM's Karachi headquarters
Security forces have raided the Karachi headquarters of Pakistan's fourth biggest political party, detaining "hardcore criminals" and seizing arms. Col Tahir ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
9
Swedish Police Raid The Pirate Bay, Site Offline
Police in Sweden carried out a raid in Stockholm today, seizing servers, computers, and other equipment. At the same time The Pirate Bay and several other ... «TorrentFreak, Dec 14»
10
Failed hostage raid in Yemen: why there'll be more rescues to come …
There's been a growing use of Special Forces to try to rescue American hostages from Islamist militants. Given the difficulties, the track record is unavoidably ... «Christian Science Monitor, Dec 14»

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