to elevate

Examples

• All

• It's designed to help those who need to elevate themselves politically.

• Are you ready to transform your nights and elevate your days?

  Megyn Kelly

• If this were the case, it might elevate the learning opportunities for some children, but not all.

  Academic text (2015)

• By doing so, schools may elevate their position of "social status" in the community.

  Academic text (2013)

• You do those things consistently and it will elevate your influence.

• And so everyone's goal in life should be trying to elevate that base level.

• So how can we stand together in unison and elevate for a greater good?

• Art should elevate, not pander.

  Big Eyes (2014)

• Completed in 1894, the system could supply even the most elevated lands in Syracuse.

  Academic text (2012)

• Participating in volunteer work can elevate your sense of purpose and fulfillment in life.

Synonyms

I

to increase

vsto elevate

∞ 1.0

To make something larger or more in number

is about moving to a higher position or level rather than general growth

L

to lift

vsto elevate

553 1.0

To raise something higher by hand or with a machine

is more general and does not imply hands or mechanical help

R

to raise

vsto elevate

484 1.0

To lift something to a higher position or make it stand out

is the same general action expressed in a single neutral verb form

P

to promote

vsto elevate

182 2.9

Give someone a higher job or rank

is the general word for moving things to a higher position or level

L

to lift up

vsto elevate

107 1.1

To raise someone or something to a higher place

is broader and can mean moving to a higher place or status

S

to step up

vsto elevate

74 3.4

Make something greater in amount, speed or strength

refers specifically to moving something to a higher position or level

A

to augment

vsto elevate

52 5.3

To make something bigger by adding more to it

is the simpler spatial idea of moving something to a higher place

B

to bump up

vsto elevate

23 3.4

To raise prices or amounts by a lot

focuses on raising position or level rather than just increasing quantity

U

to upgrade

vsto elevate

23 3.6

To give someone a higher job or rank

is broader and applies to physical or abstract raising, not only jobs

B

to boost

vsto elevate

21 2.5

To push someone up from below so they reach a higher place

is the neutral act of putting something into a higher position

E

to exalt

vsto elevate

• Formal

21 7.2

To raise someone to a higher position or praise them strongly

is the plain action of moving to a higher position without praise

J

to jack up

vsto elevate

• Informal

12 5.9

To raise prices or rent suddenly by a lot

is the steady concept of moving to a higher place or level

P

to push up

vsto elevate

11 2.1

Move something to a higher place by pushing from below or behind

is the broader concept of moving something to a higher place

U

to up

vsto elevate

9 1.3

Make an amount or level higher

is focused on physical or positional lifting rather than only amounts

R

to raise up

vsto elevate

7 2.1

To lift something or someone to a higher place

is the same idea but stated in a more formal single-word way

B

to bring up

vsto elevate

3 3.3

Move someone to a higher job or rank

is the neutral term for lifting to a higher place or level generally

H

to heighten

vsto elevate

2 3.8

To make something higher, like a fence or bridge

is the general act of making something higher without stylistic nuance

U

to uprear

vsto elevate

• Archaic

8.8

To lift something to a higher position

is the neutral term for moving something to a higher place or level

Antonyms

L

to lower

802 1.0

Make something go down in position, amount, or strength

Phrasal Verbs

E

to elevate a dish

5.0

To make food taste or look better by adding a small extra ingredient

How High

to hoist

79 4.7

to elevate

128 3.9

to lift

220 1.0

raise

4 2.9

Surface Forms

Etymology