Associations to the word «Elevate»

Wiktionary

ELEVATE, verb. (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.
ELEVATE, verb. (transitive) To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
ELEVATE, verb. (transitive) To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).
ELEVATE, verb. (transitive) To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.
ELEVATE, verb. (transitive) To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.
ELEVATE, verb. (dated) (colloquial) (humorous) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
ELEVATE, verb. (obsolete) (Latinism) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
ELEVATE, adjective. (obsolete) Elevated; raised aloft.

Dictionary definition

ELEVATE, verb. 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".
ELEVATE, verb. Raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load".
ELEVATE, verb. Raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King