to elevate

Examples

• All

• The Vietnam War provided an additional thrust, elevating the importance of these issues in the social and medical spheres.

  Academic text (2012)

• So elevate what you expect of yourself.

• I get to, you know, find talent to elevate the project.

• Is it to help people or is it to elevate yourself?

  Jay Shetty Podcast

• But it's also like you need good people around you to elevate yourself.

  The Iced Coffee Hour

• Their position on the team had elevated them to celebrity status among most of the student body.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Following the incident, but before trial, Argentina elevated the issue to the U.N. Security Council.

  Academic text (2017)

• Stephen Malone, who had been elevated to the rank of colonel just the previous week, assumed command.

  Academic text (2011)

• When the Emperor died, Yehonala was elevated to Empress Dowager.

  Shanghai Surprise (1986)

• To improve team morale, the manager planned to elevate the most dedicated employees within the company.

Synonyms

A

to advance

vsto elevate

382 3.4

To help something move forward or become better

focuses specifically on giving higher rank or status rather than general progress

M

to move up

vsto elevate

233 2.0

Go to a higher place or level

is usually used when someone is given higher rank by others

P

to promote

vsto elevate

189 2.9

Give someone a higher job or rank

is the general action of giving higher rank or status

R

to rise

vsto elevate

161 2.7

To move to a higher job or position

can be caused by others granting higher rank rather than self effort

L

to lift

vsto elevate

90 3.7

To help someone become better off or more confident

specifically refers to giving a higher position, rank, or status

A

to ascend

vsto elevate

39 4.4

To move up to a more important job or position

is the act of granting someone a higher position or rank

R

to raise

vsto elevate

28 2.7

To move someone to a higher job or rank

is the broader idea of granting greater rank or importance

E

to exalt

vsto elevate

• Formal

19 7.2

To raise someone to a higher position or praise them strongly

centres on assigning higher rank or formal position rather than praise

U

to upgrade

vsto elevate

12 3.6

To give someone a higher job or rank

covers that change but also applies outside job contexts

M

to move up in the world

vsto elevate

11 4.5

To get more successful and reach a higher social or economic position

is about someone being raised into a higher formal rank or status

B

to bring up

vsto elevate

8 3.3

Move someone to a higher job or rank

is the wider act of giving greater rank or status generally

C

to create

vsto elevate

• Formal

5 6.8

To give someone a new official title in a formal ceremony

is the general act of giving higher status not limited to formal ceremonies

E

to ennoble

vsto elevate

• Formal

5 7.9

Make someone or something seem better in character and more respected

is primarily about assigning a higher position or official status

K

to kick upstairs

vsto elevate

• Informal

1 7.9

Promote someone to a higher job to move them out of a key role

is the neutral act of granting higher rank without implied motive

E

to entitle

vsto elevate

• Formal

1 5.9

Give someone a title that makes them part of the noble class

is the broader idea of assigning higher rank or social importance

S

to sublate

vsto elevate

• Archaic

9.9

To raise someone to a higher position of honor

is the modern, neutral act of giving higher position or rank

Antonyms

D

to demote

35 5.6

To move someone to a lower job or rank because they did not do well

Phrasal Verbs

E

to elevate a dish

1 5.0

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

How Important

to exalt

• Formal

19 7.2

to elevate

• Formal

22 4.4

to promote

189 2.9

to appoint

• Formal

475 3.2

Surface Forms

Etymology