Dictionary entry details
• ELEVATION (noun)
Meaning:
The event of something being raised upward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
elevation; raising; lift
Context examples:
an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon / a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
Hypernyms ("elevation" is a kind of...):
ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)
Meaning:
The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
acme; meridian; tiptop; summit; elevation; height; pinnacle; superlative; peak; top
Context examples:
his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty / the artist's gifts are at their acme / at the height of her career / the peak of perfection / summer was at its peak / ...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame / the summit of his ambition / so many highest superlatives achieved by man / at the top of his profession
Hypernyms ("elevation" is a kind of...):
degree; level; point; stage (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process)
Meaning:
Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
ALT; EL; elevation; altitude
Hypernyms ("elevation" is a kind of...):
angular position (relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established)
Meaning:
A raised or elevated geological formation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
natural elevation; elevation
Hypernyms ("elevation" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Meronyms (parts of "elevation"):
incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elevation"):
ridge (a long narrow natural elevation or striation)
foreland; head; headland; promontory (a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea))
mount; mountain (a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill)
hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)
highland; upland (elevated (e.g., mountainous) land)
swell (a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor))
Meaning:
Distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
there was snow at the higher elevations
Hypernyms ("elevation" is a kind of...):
distance (the property created by the space between two objects or points)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elevation"):
isometry (equality of elevation above sea level)
altitude; height (elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface)
grade; ground level (the height of the ground on which something stands)
water level (the level of the surface of a body of water)
Meaning:
(ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
a dancer of exceptional elevation
Hypernyms ("elevation" is a kind of...):
leap (the distance leaped (or to be leaped))
Domain category:
ballet; concert dance (a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers)
Meaning:
Drawing of an exterior of a structure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("elevation" is a kind of...):
architectural plan; plan (scale drawing of a structure)
Meaning:
The act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
aggrandisement; aggrandizement; elevation
Context examples:
the aggrandizement of the king / his elevation to cardinal
Hypernyms ("elevation" is a kind of...):
increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elevation"):
ego trip; self-aggrandisement; self-aggrandizement (an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance)
