elevate
To raise to a higher positionTo raise (something) to a higher position.
» Elevate your feet.
Meaning
11 senses(transitive)To raise (something) to a higher position.
The doctor told me elevating my legs would help reduce the swelling.
raise from a lower to a higher position
(transitive)To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
raise in rank or condition
To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
(transitive)To temporarily grant a program additional security privileges to the system to perform a privileged action (usually on the program's request).
Did you forget that all programs that modify the registry need to be elevated?
(transitive)To confer honor or nobility on (someone).
The traditional worldview elevates man as the pinnacle of creation.
(transitive)To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater value.
A talented chef can elevate everyday ingredients into gourmet delights.
(transitive)To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy things.
(transitive)To increase the intensity or degree of (something).
Some drugs have the side effect of elevating your blood sugar level.
erhöhen
To increase the intensity or degree of (something).
(dated, transitive)To increase the loudness of (a sound, especially one's voice).
(colloquial, dated, humorous)To intoxicate in a slight degree; to make (someone) tipsy.
(obsolete, transitive)To lift the spirits of (someone)
(Latinism, obsolete)To attempt to make (something) seem less important, remarkable, etc.
Examples
40 sentencesElevate your feet.
The road here elevates slightly.
Тут дорога трохи підіймається вгору. — brambury
ruДорога здесь немного идёт в гору. — marafon
deDie Straße hier steigt ein bisschen an. — Zurich899
Work should elevate the human spirit.
Improved conditions elevate the human experience.
Which way to the elevated highway?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English elevaten (“to raise up, erect; to elate, inflate (e.g. with pride); (aFrom Middle English elevaten (“to raise up, erect; to elate, inflate (e.g. with pride); (alchemy) to vaporize; (of a bone, excressence, blood vessel) to protrude”), from elevat(e) (“(in physical elevation, in rank, in altitude above the horizon) high”, also used as the past participle of elevaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), further from Latin ēlevātus, the perfect passive participle of ēlevō (“to raise, lift up”), from ē- (“out”) + levō (“to make light, to lift”), from levis (“light”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see levity and lever.
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Forms
elevates, elevating, elevated, elevatedSynonyms
99 synonymsAntonyms
65 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle