Elevate

Definition: Elevate

Elevate

Verb

1. Give a promotion to; "raise in rank"; assign to a higher position.

2. Raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load".

3. Raise in rank or condition: "The new law lifted many people from poverty".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "elevate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

ELEVATE

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Synonyms: Elevate

Ascent

Raise, elevate.

Elevation

Verb: heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect; set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up; rear, hoist, heave; uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave; buoy, weigh mount, give a lift; exalt; sublimate; place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal.

Repute

Give honor to, do honor to, pay honor to, render honor to; honor, accredit, pay regard to, dignify, glorify; sing praises to; (approve); lock up to; exalt, aggrandize, elevate, nobilitate.

Crosswords: Elevate

Latin (alleviate, lessen, lift up, make light of, raise).

Sweet space to elevate me (East Of Anywhere; performing artist: Mya)

Eclipse, you elevate my soul (Elevation; performing artist: U2)

I need you to elevate me here, (Elevation; performing artist: U2)

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Books

• AutoCAD 2000 3D f/x and design: Elevate your AutoCAD 2000 designs to the next level (reference)

• Seven Heavens: Inspirational Stories to Elevate Your Soul (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Elevate (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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But Mr. Elton had only drunk wine enough to elevate his spirits, not at all to confuse his intellects

It is by degrading myself in your eyes that I elevate myself in my own.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor

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Health

Elevate hay, woodpiles and garbage cans to eliminate possible nesting sites. (references)

In addition, injection of muscles that elevate the lip may result in bothersome weakness. (references)

High doses can elevate body temperature to dangerous, sometimes lethal, levels, as well as cause convulsions. (references)

Business

Lecturing to corporate audiences and publishing articles on healthcare topics also are methods used to elevate HCS providers’ profile. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

The Russians in particular imposed strict limits on attempts to elevate Ukrainian language and culture, even banning its use and study. (references)

Hungary

Pricing products of U.S. origin is complicated by the additional customs duties, 25 percent Value Added Tax (VAT), and in some cases, an excise taxes (35% on gold, 10-32% on cars, 12% on coffee, 11% on wine) which elevate the retail price dramatically. (references)

Poland

The most common complaint heard by the U.S. Commercial Service in Warsaw continues to be that "the price is too high." Pricing of U.S. made products is complicated by the addition of customs duties, Value Added Tax (VAT), and, in some cases excise tax, all of which may elevate the final retail price of a product dramatically. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "elevate": To elevate a piece. Additional references.

Albanian

përmirësoj (ameliorate, amend, better, cultivate, enrich, grade, improve, meliorate, mend, polish, reclaim, refine, reform, strengthen, upgrade), ngre (boost, build up, carve, cast up, chant, erect, establish, heft, heighten, hike, hitch, hoist, hold up, jerk up, kilt, lift, lift up, look up, move up, peak, pick up, propound, raise, rear, rebel, revolt, ring up, rout, run up, scoop up, set up, situate, soar, Square, straighten, take off, throw up, trice, up, upheave, uplift, upraise, wake up, weigh, wind up), ngazëllej (elate, enrapture, flush, hearten, transport, triumph, vibrate), lartësoj (celebrate, chant, exalt, extol, glorify, lift up, magnify, raise, rear, rise, spring, sublimate, uplift), gradoj (advance, calibrate, divide, graduate, make headway, move forward, progress, promote, raise). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هذب (chasten, civilize, cultivate, edify, educate, file, geld, lop, perfect, polish, prune, refine, retouch, revise, shear off, sublimate, touch, touch up, trim), ‏نعش (bier, brace, brisk, buck up, casket, coffin, exhilarate, freshen, freshen up, ginger, hearse, invigorate, pall, pick up, put smb. on his leg, rally, reanimate, reflate, refresh, revitalize, revive), ‏نشط (activate, active, animate, bestir oneself, brisk, buoyant, ginger, harden, hum, invigorate, live, liven, pep up, perk up, pick up, practising, pushing, quick, quicken, reactivate, rekindle, revive, rouse, stimulate, stringent, strong, vivify, waken), ‏رفع (boost, brace, bring to his feet, bring up, cat, crane, dismiss, elevation, exalt, expand, fork out, heave, heighten, hike, hoist, hold up, inflate, jack, lever, leverage, lift, lifting, mount, pick, pick me up, pick up, promote, purchase, push up, put up with smth., raise, rear, rise, rising, rode, roll up, scroll, send up, set up, sling, take up, thrust, turn up, up-end, upheave, uphold, uplift), ‏شيد (cite, construct, erect, praise, put up, raise, structure, tribute, whitewash). (various references)

Bulgarian 

събуждам (arouse, awake, awaken, call up, challenge, get up, rouse, shake up, wake, wake up, waken), възвишавам (upraise), въздигам (dignify, enthrone, erect, exalt, spiritualize, upraise), вдигам (carry away, carry off, flush, get up, heave, heft, hoist, hold up, kick up, lift, pick up, pull up, purchase, put up, raise, rear, rouse, run up, take up, tip up, up), ободрявам (animate, brighten, bring round, buck up, cheer up, comfort, exhilarate, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, key up, lighten, liven up, nerve, pull round, reanimate, refresh, set up, spirit, stir up trouble, uplift), повишавам (advance, aggrandize, enhance, erect, heighten, increase, jump, key up, prefer, promote, put up, rack, raise, up), повдигам (boost, bring up, give a lift, heave, heft, increase, key up, levitate, lift, moot, pick up, prefer, present, pull up, raise, rear, start, take up, throw up, tip over, underlay, up, uplift, upraise), издигам (advance, build, edify, erect, exalt, heave, heft, heighten, hike, levitate, lift, make, put up, pyramid, raise, rear, rose, run up, set up, swing up, throw up, upbear, uplift, upraise). (various references)

Chinese 

举起 (Elevated, Elevating, uptake). (various references)

Czech

zvednout (heave, hoist, hold up, improve, lift, pick up, pick(up), put up, raise, rise, take up), zvýšit (accelerate, ameliorate, bring up, build up, bump up, enhance, heighten, hot up, improve, intensify, put up, scale up, swell, turn up), povznést (sublime), povýšit (exalt, prefer, promote, raise, upgrade). (various references)

Finnish

ylentää (promote, raise), kohottaa (enhance, lift up, raise). (various references)

French

soulever, rehausser, hausser, animer, élever. (various references)

German

hochheben (catch up, elevation, fork up, heave, heaved, heft, hoist, hold up, hove, lift, lift up, pick up, put up, raise, to elevate, to raise, upheavals, uplift), erheben (ascertain, charge, edify, ennoble, exalt, extol, impose, Laud, lay, level, lever, levy, lift, lift up, raise, to elevate, to extol, uplift, upraise). (various references)

Greek 

ανυψώνω (erect, lift, raise). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"עלות (bring up, draw up, lift, lift up, promote, raise, upgrade), ל�"רים (hold up, lift, pick up, raise, rear, up). (various references)

Hungarian

magasztal (cry up, eulogize, exalt, extol, extoll, glorify, talk up, to bless, to boast, to elevate, to emblazon, to eulogize, to extol, to jolly, to jolly up, to laud, to praise, to talk up, to vaunt, vaunt), felemel (boost, exalt, heighten, levitate, lift up, peak, put up, raise, take up, to boost, to elevate, to exalt, to heighten, to hold up, to jack up, to pull up, to purchase, to set up, to sublime, to uplift, tuck up, upheave, uplift, upraise). (various references)

Indonesian

mengangkat (adopt, appoint, assign, carry, designate, doff, heave, lift, nab, pick up, promote, raise, take up), mengagungkan (exalt, glorify). (various references)

Italian

elevare (erect, exalt, lift, lift up, raise, rise), mettere in evidenza (distinguish, emphasize), innalzare (erect, exalt, heighten, hoist, raise, rise). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

上�'る　 (to elevate, to fly kites, to give, to raise), 上�'る (to admit, to advance, to arrange, to arrest, to bear, to do up, to elevate, to engage, to finish, to fly, to fry, to give, to improve, to increase, to leave with, to mention, to observe, to offer, to perform, to praise, to present, to promote, to quote, to raise, to send, to stop, to usher in, to vomit). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

あ�'る (to admit, to advance, to arrange, to arrest, to bear, to do up, to elevate, to engage, to finish, to fly, to fry, to give, to improve, to increase, to leave with, to lift, to mention, to observe, to offer, to perform, to praise, to present, to promote, to quote, to raise, to send, to stop, to usher in, to vomit). (various references)

Korean 

올리십시�". (various references)

Manx

troggal (arise, boost, breed, breeding, bring off, bringing up, build, building, buzz off, construct, contract, contract as disease, contraction, development, edifice, elaborate, elaboration, freshen, freshen of wind, gather up, getting up, harvest, heave, heave as shoulders, hoist, input, invoke, lift, lifting, nurture, pick off; absorption, pick up, pull in, put up, raise, raise up, rally, rear, rearing, rig up, rise, set in rows, sing up, structure, take, train, train as child, winch, wind, winding). (various references)

Norwegian

heve. (various references)

Pig Latin

elevateay.(various references)

Portuguese

exaltar (bless, cry up, elate, emblazon, exalt, extol, extoll, glorify, honor, honour, impassion, lift, magnify, pedestal, praise), erguer (bore, crane, erect, lever, lift, raise, rear, up, upbear, uplift, upraise, upturn), elevar (advance, aggrandize, elate, enhance, erect, get up, heave, heighten, increase, lever, lift, make, mount, prefer, pump up, raise, rise, set up, stand up, up, uplift), levantar (billow, boost, bring up, build, carry up, erect, hale, hoist, hoist up, hold up, jack, lift, mount, pitch, provoke, pull up, put up, raise, rear, rough, rouse, set up, up, upbear, upheave, uplift, upraise), inspirar (animate, breathe, enliven, inbreathe, infuse, inspire, inspiring, inspirit, suggest). (various references)

Romanian

eleva, ridica (advance, aggrandize, appear, arise, arrest, ascend, assemble, balloon, bring up, build, carry up, collect, construct, convene, create, draw the cloth, encash, enhance, erect, found, get up, heave, hoist, interpose, kick up, lift, loop, Mount, muster, perk up, pick up, pitch, pose, prong, pry, put, put up, raise, receive, remove, resound, rise, round up, salt, set up, shovel, start, step up, stick up, straighten, strike, suspend, take up, up, uplift, weigh), înveseli (amuse, cheer, deck, divert, enliven, exhilarate, gladden, jazz up, joy, liven, rejoice, smooth), înnobila (ennoble, peer, uplift), înãlţa (balloon, build, erect, exalt, heave, heighten, hoist, lift, put up, raise, set up, uplift). (various references)

Russian 

поднимать (boost, draw up, fly, lift, pick up, raise, rear, take up, turn up, up, upheave, uplift, upraise, weigh up). (various references)

Scottish

� rdaich (exalt, lever, lift, raise). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uzvisiti (raise), uzdići se (raise), podići (boost, inflate, lift, pass under, pick up, pull up, put up, raise, rear, uplift, upraise), dići (boost, heave, hoist, jack, lift, raise, rise, stir up). (various references)

Spanish

exaltar (exalt, excite, extol, extoll), elevar (boost, heighten, lift, lift up, raise, raise up, upheave), montar (assemble, back, edit, enter, erect, go in, hack, knit up, knock down, lash, Mount, perform, piece together, put on, put together, put up, ride, set, set in, set up, ship, sit), levantar (adjourn, boost, break up, build, dig up, draw up, erect, flush, get up, heave, heft, hitch, hoist, hold up, Jack, lever, lift, lift up, pick up, prick, pull up, push up, put up, raise, raise up, rear, ring up, rouse, set up, spring, start, take, tip, to raise, up, wind up), ascender (add up to, advance, ascend, climb, come to, prefer, promote, rise, scale, total), alzar (come up, cut, decollate, draw up, foster, get up, hitch up, hoist, hold up, lift, lift up, put up, raise, raise up, razz, rear, set up, sling), acentuar (accent, accentuate, accentuates, distinguish, emphasize, sharpen, stress). (various references)

Swedish

upphöja (aggrandize, dignify, enthrone, erect, exalt, extol, lever, lift, raise). (various references)

Turkish

yükseltmek (advance, amplify, boost, bump up, drive up, enhance, ennoble, escalate, exalt, force, get up, heighten, hike up, increase, Jack, jack up, lift, lift up, Louden, mark up, promote, push up, raise, rear, rise, run up, scale up, screw up, send up, set up, step up, strengthen, swell out, swell up, up, upgrade, upheave, uplift), kaldırmak (abolish, arouse, blank out, blue pencil, boost, Brook, cancel, carry, clear, clear away, deration, do away with, erect, get up, give smb. a lift, heave, heft, hoist, hold, hold up, Jack, jack up, lift, lift up, move away, perk, perk up, pick off, pick up, poise, pull up, put aside, put away, put by, put up, quash, raise, reap, rear, receive, remove, scoop up, setaside, take off, take up, turn up, upheave, uphold, upraise), cesaretlendirmek (comfort, encourage, hearten, innervate, set on, spirit, spirit up, strengthen smb.'s hand). (various references)

Ukrainian

облагороджувати (ennoble, gentle, humanize, subtilize), збуджувати (actuate, agitate, amove, animate, arouse, electrify, exalt, excite, flurry, flush, incite, innervate, key up, kindle, pique, provoke, stimulate, tense, thrill, wake, whet, wind up, work up), підвищувати (boost, elate, enhance, heighten, inflate, lift, prefer, send up, up), піднімати (boost, bring up, draw up, haul up, heave, heft, hoist, levitate, lift, prong, put up, raise, raise up, rear, set up, take up, up, upbear, uphold, uplift, waken). (various references)

Welsh

dyrchafu (advance, ascend, raise, rise). (various references)

alta, altare, altari, altaris, altas, alter, alto, exalta, exaltaberis, exaltabis, exaltabit, exaltabitur, exaltabo, exaltabor, exaltabuntur, exaltans, exaltant, exaltantem, exaltantes, exaltantur, exaltare, exaltarentur, exaltares, exaltaret, exaltari, exaltas, exaltasset, exaltasti, exaltat, exaltata, exaltatae, exaltate, exaltati, exaltatum, exaltatur, exaltatus, exaltaveris, exaltaverit, exaltaveritis, exaltaverunt, exaltavi, exaltavit, exaltemini, exaltemus, exaltent, exaltentur, exaltet, exaltetur, inaltabit, inaltat, inaltatur, subliminare, subrigo, subrexi subrectum, subrigo; subrexi subrectum, tollo sustuli sublatum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "elevate": elevated, elevateds, elevates. (additional references)

Words ending with "elevate": superelevate. (additional references)

Words containing "elevate": superelevated, superelevates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Elevate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alevate, alivate, allevate, elavate, eleatic, elegate, eleivate, eleveate, elevee, eleviate, elievate, elleviate, elsevere, Leleatta, levate. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: velate.

-2 letters: elate, leave, levee, telae, valet.

-3 letters: alee, eave, late, lave, leet, leva, tael, tale, teal, teel, tela, tele, vale, veal, vela.

-4 letters: ale, alt, ate, ave, eat, eel, eta, eve, lat, lav, lea, lee, let, lev, tae, tav, tea, tee, tel, vat, vee, vet.

-5 letters: ae, al, at, el, et, la, ta.

+1 letter: elevated, elevates.

+2 letters: elevateds, vegetable.

+3 letters: interleave, reevaluate, revealment, vegetables.

+4 letters: delineative, enslavement, heavenliest, interleaved, interleaves, preventable, reevaluated, reevaluates, retrievable, revealments, reverential, severalties.

+5 letters: accelerative, cantilevered, deliberative, enslavements, federatively, inveterately, overregulate, superelevate, vegetatively.