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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 (move from one place to another by lifting) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something Sentence example: The men elevate the chairs
Meaning: Raise in rank or condition Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Synonyms: 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 "If words could only speak, they'd mean even less." (English proverb) "Time is gold." (Albanian proverb) "People follow the winner." (Arabic proverb) "With friends like these, who needs enemies?" (Croatian proverb) Useful links: Definition of prove Pronunciation of pick up Definition of jack Pronunciation of jack up Definition of wind
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