ELEVATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elevate mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELEVATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they elevate    ... he / she / it elevates   
Past simple: elevated   
Past participle: elevated   
-ing form: elevating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

advance; elevate; kick upstairs; promote; raise; upgrade

Context example:

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"):

tenure (give life-time employment to)

bring up (promote from a lower position or rank)

spot promote (promote on the spot)

ennoble; entitle; gentle (give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility)

favor; favour; prefer (promote over another)

brevet (promote somebody by brevet, in the military)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

elevation (the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something)

elevation (the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Raise from a lower to a higher position

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise

Context example:

Lift a load

Hypernyms (to "elevate" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, 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)

erect; rear (cause to rise up)

gather up; lift up; pick up (take and lift upward)

boost; hike; hike up (increase)

heighten (increase the height of)

leaven; prove; raise (cause to puff up with a leaven)

chin; chin up (raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar)

pinnacle (raise on or as if on a pinnacle)

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)

hoist (move from one place to another by lifting)

hoist; run up (raise)

trice; trice up (raise with a line)

hoist; lift; wind (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help)

kick up (cause to rise by kicking)

shoulder (lift onto one's shoulders)

jack; jack up (lift with a special device)

get up (cause to rise)

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

Derivation:

elevation (distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level))

elevation (the event of something being raised upward)

elevation (a raised or elevated geological formation)

elevator (lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building)

Sense 3

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"):

exalt (raise in rank, character, or status)

dignify (raise the status of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

elevation (the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something)

elevation (the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development)

 Context examples 

Elevated expression of this gene has been found in chemotherapy-resistant melanomas.

(MITF wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The rainfall continues to elevate the levels in the Seine River, which is expected to reach a peak of up to 6.2 meters (20.3 feet) in the capital on January 27.

(France's Flooding Rains Examined by NASA’s IMERG, NASA)

A study published last October found an association between gum disease and higher blood pressure; another from last January reported a link between gum disease and elevated cancer risk.

(New Link Found between Alzheimer's & Gum Disease Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This agent reduces the elevated levels of catecholamines associated with pheochromocytoma, thereby preventing hypertension.

(Metyrosine, NCI Thesaurus)

The elevated free fatty acids and active corticosteroids released from visceral fat may account for the metabolic changes in liver associated with the metabolic syndrome.

(Metabolic Syndrome Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Psoriasis, a common skin disease affecting 3-5 percent of the U.S. population, is associated with heightened systemic inflammation, which elevates risk of blood vessel disease and diabetes.

(Study links psoriasis treatment and improvement in heart artery disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Calcium sulfide is a known carcinogen and is associated with an elevated risk of developing lung cancer.

(Cadmium Sulfide, NCI Thesaurus)

However, new research has found that moms don’t experience this breast cancer protection until many years later and may face elevated risk for more than 20 years after their last pregnancy.

(Breast cancer protection from pregnancy starts decades later, National Institutes of Health)

You can elevate your status in your company and possibly the entire industry, and you will make good money, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Levels of bombesin, also known as gastrin releasing peptide (GRP), are elevated in lung and thyroid cancers, where the substance acts as an autocrine growth factor.

(MoAb Bombesin (DTPA), NCI Thesaurus)