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⬆️ Raised up 🏛️ Noble or lofty 📈 Higher than normal 🚆 A raised railway 🖥️ Higher access
elevated

elevated

7.2
Given higher access rights to make system changes
  • adjective
  • /ˈɛlɪˌveɪtɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : con privilegios elevados
  • Only processes started from the administrator prompt run with elevated rights on this server.

Examples

  • The installer requires elevated privileges to modify system files safely.

  • After authentication, the technician's account was temporarily elevated to perform the system update.

  • The system administrator has elevated privileges to manage the network.

  • You need elevated access to install new software.

  • The system administrator has elevated permissions to install important updates.

  • With elevated access, the user can configure system settings that regular accounts cannot modify.

  • To troubleshoot the issue, she logged in with elevated rights to access the restricted files.

Synonyms

high-level
vselevated
136 4.2

Something important that involves senior people in an organization

refers to technical permissions giving system-level control

Antonyms

restricted
18 3.9

Limited so only certain people can see or use it

Compounds

elevated sed rate
  • Specialized
1 7.1

A faster than normal fall of red blood cells in a blood test that shows inflammation in the body

elevated railroad
  • US
3.8

A raised track where electric trains run above the street on metal columns

elevated railway
  • UK
3.6

A train line that runs on tracks raised above the street, often in cities

How Privileged

to root
  • Specialized
14 8.8
elevated
  • Specialized
7.2
administrative
180 4.6
standard
675 2.7
unprivileged
  • Specialized
6.5

Surface Forms

elevated positive

Morphology

elevated = elevate (transparent) = elevate + ed

Adjective formed by 'elevate' + '-ed' meaning 'having raised privileges'; the sense is a direct application of 'raised' in a technical domain.

Etymology

The word elevated comes from the Latin elevare, 'to raise up', and in computing it keeps that picture of 'being raised'. So an 'elevated' account or right is one that is 'raised' above a normal user and can do more system actions.