elevate
verb [T] /ˈel.ɪ.veɪt/Definition
› formal to raise something or lift something up: The platform was elevated by means of hydraulic legs.Raising and lowering › to make someone or something more important or to improve something: They want to elevate the status of teachers. These factors helped to elevate the town into the list of the ten most attractive in the country.Making things betterBecoming betterPromoting, demoting and transferring staff be elevated to sth formal › to be given a higher rank or social position: He has been elevated to deputy manager. She was elevated to the peerage (= was given the title 'Lady').Promoting, demoting and transferring staffClass and class-consciousness in generalWealthiness and wealthyPoverty and poor
(Definition of elevate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aggrandizement noun
- ascend verb (HIGHER POSITION)
- demote verb
- depute verb
- downgrade verb
- elevation noun (IMPORTANCE)
- handover noun
- in the wilderness idiom
- kick sb upstairs idiom
- promote verb (RAISE)
- promotion noun (RAISE)
- rank noun (POSITION)
- relegate verb
- second verb 2
- subordinate verb
- transfer noun (MOVE/CHANGE)
- transfer noun (SPORTS)
- transfer verb
- vault verb
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