elevate

elevate
'eliveit
verb
1) (to raise to a higher position or to a higher rank etc: elevated to the post of manager.) ascender
2) (to improve (a person's mind etc): an elevating book.) elevar; edificar; enriquecer
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- elevating
- elevator
elevate
tr['elɪveɪt]
transitive verb
1 formal use (raise) elevar; (promote) ascender, promover
2 figurative use (improve in quality) elevar
elevate ['ɛlə.veɪt] vt, -vated ; -vating
1) raise: elevar, levantar, alzar
2) exalt, promote: elevar, exaltar, ascender
3) elate: alborozar, regocijar
elevate
v.
• alzar v.
• ascender v.
• asumir v.
• elevar v.
• encumbrar v.
• engrandecer v.
• exaltar v.
• levantar v.
• realzar v.
'eləveɪt, 'elɪveɪt
transitive verb
a) (promote)

to elevate somebody TO something: to elevate somebody to the peerage concederle a alguien el título de lord/lady; he's been elevated to the position of manager — (hum) lo han ascendido a director

b) (frml) \<\<spirit\>\> elevar
c) \<\<load/platform\>\> elevar (frml), subir
['elɪveɪt]
VT
1) (lit) (=raise) elevar
2) (in rank) ascender (to a); (Rel) alzar; (fig) elevar
* * *
['eləveɪt, 'elɪveɪt]
transitive verb
a) (promote)

to elevate somebody TO something: to elevate somebody to the peerage concederle a alguien el título de lord/lady; he's been elevated to the position of manager — (hum) lo han ascendido a director

b) (frml) \<\<spirit\>\> elevar
c) \<\<load/platform\>\> elevar (frml), subir

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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