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elevate   (TTS Sound)

The verb elevate has 3 senses

• promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate -- (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, lift, elevate, get up, bring up -- (raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load")


• lift, raise, elevate -- (raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty")