NOUN | event | elevation, lift, raising | the event of something being raised upward |
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state | elevation, acme, height, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top | the highest level or degree attainable | |
relation | elevation, EL, altitude, ALT | angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | |
object | elevation, natural elevation | a raised or elevated geological formation | |
attribute | elevation | distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level) | |
attribute | elevation | (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump | |
artifact | elevation | drawing of an exterior of a structure | |
act | elevation, aggrandizement, aggrandisement | the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something |
Sounds | eh.lahvey'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | The event of something being raised upward. | |
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Example | "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon" | |
Synonyms | lift, raising | |
Broader | rise, rising, ascent, ascension | A movement upward |
Spanish | elevación | |
Catalan | elevació | |
Verbs | elevate | raise from a lower to a higher position |
Meaning | The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. | |
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Synonyms | acme, height, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top | |
Broader | degree, level, stage, point | A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process |
Spanish | apogeo, auge, cima, cúspide, pico, súmmum, superlativo, tiptop | |
Catalan | apogeu, caramull, cim, súmmum, tiptop | |
Verbs | elevate | raise in rank or condition |
elevate | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position |
Meaning | angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object). | |
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Synonyms | EL, altitude, ALT | |
Broader | angular position | relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established |
Meaning | A raised or elevated geological formation. | |
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Synonym | natural elevation | |
Parts | slope, incline, side | An elevated geological formation |
Narrower | highland, upland | Elevated (e.g., mountainous) land |
hill | A local and well-defined elevation of the land | |
mountain, mount | A land mass that projects well above its surroundings | |
promontory, headland, head, foreland | A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | |
ridge | A long narrow natural elevation or striation | |
swell | A rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) | |
Broader | geological formation, formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth |
Opposite | natural depression, depression | A sunken or depressed geological formation |
Spanish | elevación | |
Catalan | elevació | |
Verbs | elevate | raise from a lower to a higher position |
Meaning | distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level). | |
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Example | "there was snow at the higher elevations" | |
Narrower | altitude, height | elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface |
grade, ground level | The height of the ground on which something stands | |
isometry | equality of elevation above sea level | |
water level | The level of the surface of a body of water | |
Broader | distance | The property created by the space between two objects or points |
Spanish | altura | |
Catalan | alçada | |
Verbs | elevate | raise from a lower to a higher position |
Meaning | (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump. | |
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Example | "a dancer of exceptional elevation" | |
Category | ballet, concert dance | A theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers |
Broader | leap | The distance leaped (or to be leaped) |
Meaning | Drawing of an exterior of a structure. | |
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Broader | plan, architectural plan | scale drawing of a structure |
Spanish | elevación |
Meaning | The act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something. | |
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Example | "his elevation to cardinal" | |
Synonyms | aggrandizement, aggrandisement | |
Narrower | self-aggrandizement, self-aggrandisement, ego trip | An act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance |
Broader | increase, step-up | The act of increasing / increasing something |
Spanish | ascenso, engrandecimiento | |
Catalan | ascens, elevació | |
Verbs | elevate | raise in rank or condition |
elevate | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position |
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