Dictionary entry details
• ELEVATE (verb)
Meaning:
Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
elevate; kick upstairs; promote; upgrade; advance; raise
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "elevate" is one way to...):
assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "elevate"):
favor; favour; prefer (promote over another)
ennoble; entitle; gentle (give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility)
spot promote (promote on the spot)
bring up (promote from a lower position or rank)
tenure (give life-time employment to)
brevet (promote somebody by brevet, in the military)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Raise from a lower to a higher position
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
lift; raise; elevate; get up; bring up
Context examples:
Raise your hands / Lift a load
Hypernyms (to "elevate" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "elevate"):
skid (elevate onto skids)
pinnacle (raise on or as if on a pinnacle)
chin; chin up (raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar)
leaven; prove; raise (cause to puff up with a leaven)
heighten (increase the height of)
boost; hike; hike up (increase)
gather up; lift up; pick up (take and lift upward)
erect; rear (cause to rise up)
underlay (raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type)
levitate (cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity)
pump (raise (gases or fluids) with a pump)
get up (cause to rise)
jack; jack up (lift with a special device)
shoulder (lift onto one's shoulders)
kick up (cause to rise by kicking)
hoist; lift; wind (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help)
trice; trice up (raise with a line)
hoist; run up (raise)
hoist (move from one place to another by lifting)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
The men elevate the chairs
Meaning:
Raise in rank or condition
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
elevate; lift; raise
Context example:
The new law lifted many people from poverty
Hypernyms (to "elevate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "elevate"):
dignify (raise the status of)
exalt (raise in rank, character, or status)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
