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1. Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
   "I got elevated after many years of hard work"
   - promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise
    
2. Take from a lower to a higher position
   "elevate your hands"
   - raise, lift, get up, bring up
    
3. Increase in condition, wealth, quality of life, etc.
   "The new law elevated many people from poverty"
   - lift, raise

Derived forms: elevating, elevates, elevated

See also: elevation, elevator

Type of: alter, assign, change, delegate, depute, designate, displace, modify, move

Encyclopedia: Elevate