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How to pronounce elevate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms advance, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade
Type of designate, assign, delegate, depute
Has types spot promote, tenure, ennoble, entitle, brevet, favor, favour, bring up, prefer, gentle
Derivation elevation
Type Words
Synonyms bring up, get up, lift, raise
Type of displace, move
Has types pump, raise, rear, wind, boost, chin, chin up, erect, gather up, get up, heighten, hike, hike up, hoist, jack, jack up, kick up, leaven, levitate, lift, lift up, pick up, pinnacle, prove, shoulder, skid, trice, trice up, underlay, run up
Derivation elevation, elevator
Type Words
Synonyms lift, raise
Type of modify, alter, change
Has types dignify, exalt
Derivation elevation

Examples of elevate

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Because when we elevate our compassion, it leads to action to solve the problem.
From the us.cnn.com
This is an unacceptable circumstance to elevate profits over all other concerns.
From the suntimes.com
He said he believes it will elevate Charlotte to the national stage in the arts.
From the charlotteobserver.com
That helped elevate the show beyond just a search for America's next music star.
From the cnn.com
That one show could elevate an entire channel from obscurity into the spotlight.
From the newsobserver.com
It's also about the hard work she has put in to elevate herself to elite status.
From the sacbee.com
An improved defensive focus, however, will elevate the Wizards to another level.
From the washingtontimes.com
A new book and a local effort are a new attempt to elevate the studio's history.
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It could only help to elevate the conservative broadcaster's stature, they said.
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More examples
  • Promote: 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"
  • Raise: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
  • Lift: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
  • (elevated) raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"
  • Elevated railway: a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
  • (elevated) exalted: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
  • (elevated) raised(a): increased in amount or degree; "raised temperature"
  • Virgin America, Inc. is a United States-based low-cost airline that began service on August 8, 2007. The airline's stated aim is to provide low-fare, high-quality service for "long-haul point-to-point service between major metropolitan cities on the Eastern and West Coast seaboards. ...
  • Elevate is a youth-driven foster care program that was started in the summer of 2005 in Des Moines, Iowa as a support group for foster and adopted youth. It is a program of , a nonprofit organization serving at-risk children and families in Iowa.