ELEVATE

Pronunciation (US):

• ELEVATE (verb)
  The verb ELEVATE has 3 senses:

1. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
2. raise from a lower to a higher position
3. raise in rank or condition

  Familiarity information: ELEVATE used as a verb is uncommon.

• 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