Dictionary Definition
elevate
Verb
1 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" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick
upstairs, raise] [ant:
demote]
2 raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise
your hands"; "Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, get up, bring up] [ant:
lower]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
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Translations
:See promote
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elate
increase the intensity of
- French: augmenter
- Italian: aumentare
Italian
Verb
elevate- Form of Second-person plural present tense, elevare
- Form of Second-person plural imperative, elevare#Italian|elevare
Extensive Definition
Elevate can refer to:
- the act of elevation (disambiguation)
- Elevate (organization)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acculturate, advance, aggrandize, ameliorate, amend, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, better, boost, bring forward, buoy up,
canonize, cast up,
civilize, crown, deify, edify, educate, elate, emend, enhance, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, enshrine, enthrone, erect, escalate, exalt, fatten, favor, flush, forward, foster, glamorize, glorify, go straight, graduate, heave, heft, heighten, heist, hike, hoick, hoist, hold up, immortalize, improve, improve upon, jerk up,
kick upstairs, knight,
knock up, lard, levitate, lift, lift up, lionize, lob, loft, magnify, make an improvement,
make legendary, meliorate, mend, nurture, pass, perk up, pick up, pitch, prefer, promote, raise, raise aloft, raise up,
rear, rear aloft, rear up,
refine upon, reform,
rise, saint, sanctify, set up, sky, socialize, stand upright,
stick up, straighten out, take up, throne, throw up, transfigure, transform, up, upbuoy, upcast, upend, upgrade, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, upright, upthrow