Elevate

Word ELEVATE
Character 7
Hyphenation el e vate
Pronunciations /ˈɛləveɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Elevate"

What do we mean by elevate?

To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift. synonym: lift. transitive verb

To increase the amount or intensity of. transitive verb

To promote to a higher rank. transitive verb

To raise to a higher moral, cultural, or intellectual level. transitive verb

To lift the spirits of; elate. transitive verb

To move or cause to move from a lower to a higher level, place, or position; raise; lift; lift up: as, to elevate the host in the service of the mass; to elevate the voice.

To raise to a higher state or station; exalt; raise from a low, common, or primary state, as by training or education; raise from or above low conceptions: as, to elevate a man to an office; to elevate the character.

To excite; cheer; animate: as, to elevate the spirits.

Hence To intoxicate slightly; render somewhat tipsy.

To make light or unimportant; diminish the weight or importance of.

Synonyms To lift up, uplift.

To promote, ennoble.

1-3. Lift, Exalt, etc. See raise.

Raised; elevated.

To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise transitive verb

To raise to a higher station; to promote. transitive verb

To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer. transitive verb

To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify. transitive verb

To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds. transitive verb

To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. transitive verb

To raise (something) to a higher position.

To promote (someone) to a higher rank.

To confer honor or nobility on (someone).

To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater value.

To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy things.

To increase the intensity or degree of (something).

To lift the spirits of (someone)

To intoxicate in a slight degree; to make (someone) tipsy.

(Latinism) To attempt to make (something) seem less important, remarkable, etc.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Elevate

The word "elevate" in example sentences

It is true that fabric, construction, and a designer name on a label elevate the price of clothing. ❋ Judie Taggart (2003)

Getting behind Lieberman is the only thing to do, because it will again elevate the Democratic Party's inability to prosecute the War on Terror and inability to provide for our National Security on the national stage, thereby providing a great many votes for Republicans all across the country this November. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And somehow, the sometimes-typoed subtitles elevate the whole thing to a higher comedy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Good spelling and proper punctuation and knowing when to end a paragraph are certainly important, but they are not enough to elevate a word mechanic to greatness. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The public works department considered that a wage of 8s. a day was enough to elevate a kafir job 'to the level of civilized labour. ❋ Ray Esther (1969)

The only way to elevate is to increase the intrinsic worth. ❋ Theophilus Gould (1866)

"Here's an effort to identify people who are very, very good and title them differently to kind of elevate them from the crowd." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Objectivism then proceeds to "elevate" the pupil to true malignant narcissism by demonizing "altruism" -- Rand's term of art for all the empathetic values -- and lionizing sadism. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They're unlikely to "elevate" themselves in terms of income, right? ❋ Unknown (2007)

And we're trying to build a craft to where people can no longer drive in their car and just kind of elevate and float to work at 50 to 100 feet off the ground. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The fact that she - and hopefully others - are not as impoverished as they once were - does not "elevate" her to middle class. ❋ Unknown (2006)

One that Obama, in a now insincere attempt to "elevate" the level of discourse by "not going negative," refuses to vocally engage in thereby maintaining his non threatening, Morgan Freeman, Zen-sage image. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They openly questioned how they could apply genre rules and ideas to their work, and I, in turn, got plenty of ideas on how to "elevate" my own stories. ❋ Miss Snark (2005)

I personally believe that Arafat finished his role when he missed the opportunity at Camp David and we should not kind of elevate his value or draw attention to him beyond what is ultimately necessary. ❋ Unknown (2002)

But there was one parishioner who was ever ready to suggest new ventures to "elevate" the people, and to play the part of intimate friend and adviser to her good-looking rector, and that was Virginia ❋ Unknown (N/A)

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