Definitions for elevate
ˈɛl əˌveɪt; -ˌveɪt, -vɪtel·e·vate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevateverb

   give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

   "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"

2. raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring upverb

   raise from a lower to a higher position

   "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

3. lift, raise, elevateverb

   raise in rank or condition

   "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. elevateverb

   To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.

2. elevateverb

   To promote (someone) to a higher rank.

3. elevateverb

   To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).

4. elevateverb

   To lift someone's spirits; to elate.

5. elevateverb

   To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.

6. Etymology: From elevatus, past participle of elevare, from e + levare, from levis; see levity and lever.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elevatepart. adj.

   Exalted; raised aloft.

   Etymology: from elevated.

   On each side an imperial city stood,
   With tow’rs and temples proudly elevate
   On seven small hills. John Milton, Paradise Regain’d, b. ii.

2. To ELEVATEverb

   Etymology: elevo, Latin.

   1. To raise up aloft.

   This subterranean heat or fire, which elevates the water out of the abyss. John Woodward.

   2. To exalt; to dignify.3. To raise the mind with great conceptions.

   Others apart sat on a hill retired,
   In thoughts more elevate, and reason’d high
   Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate. John Milton, P. L.

   In all that great extent, wherein the mind wanders, in those remote speculations it may seem to be elevated with, it stirs not beyond sense or reflection. John Locke.

   Now rising fortune elevates his mind,
   He shines unclouded, and adorns mankind. Richard Savage.

   4. To elate the mind with vicious pride.5. To lessen by detraction. This sense, though legitimately deduced from the Latin, is not now in use.

   When the judgments of learned men are alledged against you, what do they but either elevate their credit, or oppose unto them the judgments of others as learned? Richard Hooker, b. ii.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elevate

   Elevate is a song by Canadian rapper Drake from his album, Scorpion (2018), The song features additional uncredited vocals by French Montana, the song has reached the top 20 in Canada and the United States.

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1. elevate

   To elevate generally means to raise or lift something to a higher position or level. It can also refer to increasing the importance, status, or quality of something or someone. Additionally, it can describe the act of uplifting or inspiring individuals emotionally, mentally, or morally.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elevateadjective

   elevated; raised aloft

2. Elevateverb

   to bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc

3. Elevateverb

   to raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position

4. Elevateverb

   to raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits

5. Elevateverb

   to exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character

6. Elevateverb

   to raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice

7. Elevateverb

   to intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy

8. Elevateverb

   to lessen; to detract from; to disparage

9. Etymology: [L. elevatus, p. p.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elevate

   el′e-vāt, v.t. to raise to a higher position: to raise in mind and feelings: to improve: to cheer: to exhilarate: to intoxicate.—p.adjs. El′evate, -d, raised: dignified: exhilarated.—ns. Elevā′tion, the act of elevating or raising, or the state of being raised: exaltation: an elevated place or station: a rising ground: height: (archit.) a representation of the flat side of a building, drawn with mathematical accuracy, but without any attention to effect: (astron., geog.) the height above the horizon of an object on the sphere, measured by the arc of a vertical circle through it and the zenith: (gun.) the angle made by the line of direction of a gun with the plane of the horizon; El′evator, the person or thing that lifts up: a lift or machine for raising grain, &c., to a higher floor: a muscle raising a part of the body.—adj. El′evatory, able or tending to raise. [L. elevāre, -ātum—e, out, up, levāre, to raise—levis, light. See Light (2).]

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1. elevate

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of elevate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of elevate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of elevate in a Sentence

1. Eve:

   Love is blind. It will take over your mind. What you think is love, is truly not. You need to elevate your mind.

2. Juanita Duggan:

   The sheer volume of counterfeits on the site as reported by our members, along with the company's unwillingness to make serious reforms is why, after three years, we feel it is necessary to recommend that Taobao be added back to the list and that the U.S. elevate the pressure on them to make substantive, measurable improvements to the counterfeit problem.

3. Vaile Wright:

   You can implement things as a family that will elevate and improve everybody's coping skills.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   I don't believe that we alone are able to really put the pressure on this North Korean regime that needs to be placed, now the North Koreans are always interested ... in trying to get Americans to try to come to negotiate to elevate their status and their position and we should be very careful about giving that way.

5. Megan Lagesse:

   We’ve had a lot of folksfrom across multiple industriesincluding consumers, media and associations like The Beer Institute reach out to praise the initiative and say it’s long overdue, this has been a passion project for us that’s been in the works for awhile so we're thrilled to see it come to life alongside our partners at Pexels and Unsplash.Diversity and inclusion is really important to us so Megan Lagesse ’ll start to see more in that area soon as part of our Elevate program.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=elevate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Elevate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=elevate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevate
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elevate
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=elevate