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el·e·vate
(ĕl′ə-vāt′)v. ele·vat·ed, ele·vat·ing, ele·vates
v.tr. ele·vat·ed, ele·vat·ing, ele·vates
1. To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift. See Synonyms at lift.
2. To increase the amount or intensity of: factors that elevate blood pressure.
3. To promote to a higher rank.
4. To raise to a higher moral, cultural, or intellectual level: elevate the tone of the debate.
5. To lift the spirits of; elate.
v.intr.
Baseball To throw a high pitch, usually a fastball, after a series of lower pitches, especially in an attempt to get a strikeout.
[Middle English elevaten, from Latin ēlevāre, ēlevāt- : ē-, ex-, up; see ex- + levāre, to raise; see legwh- in Indo-European roots.]
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elevate
(ˈɛlɪˌveɪt)vb (tr)
1. to move to a higher place
2. to raise in rank or status; promote
3. to put in a cheerful mood; elate
4. to put on a higher cultural plane; uplift: to elevate the tone of a conversation.
5. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) to raise the axis of a gun
6. to raise the intensity or pitch of (the voice)
7. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church to lift up (the Host) at Mass for adoration
[C15: from Latin ēlevāre from levāre to raise, from levis (adj) light]
ˌeleˈvatory adj
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el•e•vate
(v. ˈɛl əˌveɪt; adj. -ˌveɪt, -vɪt)v.t. -vat•ed, -vat•ing,
1. to raise to a higher place or position; lift up.
2. to raise to a higher rank; promote.
3. to raise to a higher intellectual or spiritual level.
4. to put in high spirits.
[1490–1500; < Latin ēlevātus, past participle of ēlevāre to raise, lessen, allay =ē- e- + levāre to lift (see lever)]
syn: elevate, enhance, exalt, heighten mean to raise or make higher in some respect. To elevate is to raise up to a higher level, position, or state: to elevate the living standards of a group. To enhance is to add to the attractions or desirability of something: Landscaping enhances the beauty of the grounds. To exalt is to raise very high in rank, character, mood, etc.: A king is exalted above his subjects. To heighten is to increase the strength or intensity: to heighten one's powers of concentration.
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elevate
Past participle: elevated
Gerund: elevating
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| Verb | 1. |  elevate - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) tenure - give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book" bring up - promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league" spot promote - promote on the spot; "Supreme Bishop Digby had been spot-promoted to Archangel" brevet - promote somebody by brevet, in the military |
| 2. | elevate - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" get up - cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M." shoulder - lift onto one's shoulders kick up - cause to rise by kicking; "kick up dust" hoist, wind, lift - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" hoist - move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" pump - raise (gases or fluids) with a pump levitate - cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; "The magician levitated the woman" underlay - raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; "underlay the plate" skid - elevate onto skids pinnacle - raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled" chin, chin up - raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar heighten - increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars" | |
| 3. | elevate - raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" dignify - raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer" exalt - raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser" |
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elevate
verb
1. promote, raise, advance, upgrade, exalt, kick upstairs (informal), aggrandize, give advancement to He was elevated to the post of Prime Minister.
2. increase, lift, raise, step up, intensify, move up, hoist, raise high Emotional stress can elevate blood pressure.
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elevate
verb1. To move (something) to a higher position:
4. To raise to a high position or status:
Idiom: put on a pedestal.
5. To cause to be eminent or recognized:
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Translations
يَرْفَعُ رُتْبَةيُهَذِّبُ، يُحَسِّنُ
forfremmeophøjeopløfte
kohottaanostaa
byggja upp, göfgahækka í tign
elevatoriuskilninantisliftaspaaukštinimaspaaukštinti
eğitmekyüceltmekyükseltmek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
elevate
[ˈɛlɪveɪt] vtCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
elevate
vt
(= raise) → heben; (= increase) blood pressure etc → erhöhen; by elevating the house a full 3 feet above … → indem man das Haus ganze 3 Fuß über (+acc) → … setzt
(fig) mind → erbauen; soul → erheben; elevating reading → erbauliche Lektüre; an elevating prospect → eine erfreuliche Aussicht; to elevate the condition of the people → die Lebensbedingungen des Volkes verbessern
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
elevate
[ˈɛlɪˌveɪt] vta. (raise in rank, importance) to elevate (to) → elevare (a)
b. (fig) (mind) → elevare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
elevate
(ˈeliveit) verb1. to raise to a higher position or to a higher rank etc. elevated to the post of manager.
2. to improve (a person's mind etc). an elevating book.
ˌeleˈvation noun1. the act of elevating, or state of being elevated.
2. height above sea-level. at an elevation of 1,500 metres.
3. an architect's drawing of one side of a building.
ˈelevating adjective that improves one's mind or morals. an elevating experience.
ˈelevator noun1. (especially American) a lift or machine for raising persons, goods etc to a higher floor. There is no elevator in this shop – you will have to climb the stairs.
2. a tall storehouse for grain.
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elevate
vt elevar; Keep your legs elevated..Mantenga las piernas elevadas.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.