fundraise
part of speech
verb (fundraise, fundraises, fundraised, fundraising); noun form fundraising, fundraiser (a fundraiser, fundraisers)
meaning for a pupil
1) To collect money for a charity, a school or a good cause, often by holding events. tree →
2) To ask people or organisations to give money to support a project. tree →
sense in the lessons
Schools fundraise with bake sales, sponsored walks, fun runs, raffles and non-uniform days, and children often help. In stories and news it shows a community working together for a cause. In maths problems, fundraising questions ask you to add up money raised, find totals, or work out how much more is needed to reach a target. Phrases: fundraise for charity, a fundraising event, reach the target.
examples
- Our class is going to fundraise for the animal shelter. tree →
- We fundraised £250 with a cake sale. tree →
- The PTA fundraises every year for new books. tree →
- My cousin is fundraising by running a half marathon. tree →
- They need to fundraise $500 to pay for the school trip. tree →
- Kids in Canada often fundraise by selling chocolate bars. tree →
- If we have raised £180 of a £300 target, we still need to fundraise £120. tree →
- The scouts fundraised by washing cars on Saturday. tree →
note
Usually written as one word (fundraise), sometimes «fund-raise». The person is a «fundraiser», and an event is also «a fundraiser». In maths: money fundraised is added to a total; «target minus amount raised» gives how much is still needed. The money goes to the cause, not to the people collecting it.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fundraise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.