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elevated

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adjective

raised up, especially above the ground or above the normal level: an elevated platform; an elevated pulse.

exalted or noble; lofty: elevated thoughts.

elated; joyful.

noun

an elevated railroad.

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Origin:
1545–55; elevate + -ed²

Related forms

sem·i·el·e·vat·ed, adjective

un·el·e·vat·ed, adjective

well-el·e·vat·ed, adjective

Example Sentences

It would also mean deregulation of service industries, whose elevated charges raise exporters' costs.

Taal at elevated alert as the volcano remains restless.

As is clear, household borrowing relative to housing values remains at elevated levels.

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It would also mean deregulation of service industries, whose elevated charges raise exporters' costs.

Taal at elevated alert as the volcano remains restless.

As is clear, household borrowing relative to housing values remains at elevated levels.

We're breaking into an elevated enemy base surrounded by jungle.

Roosevelt, proposing an elevated bicycle path through this city, and in.

And why, although you have elevated to the pseudo divine, your still not paid enough to pay them.

Bridges and elevated expressways are filling up with fleets of parked cars, to spare them from the deluge below.

Mildly elevated radioactivity has been detected at some sites but not at levels that appear dangerous.

Previous findings have linked elevated levels of leptin, which is produced.

After he made his way to an elevated platform, his eye zeroed in on a woman kneeling at the foot of a giant granite statue.

Portland started the food-truck craze and elevated distilling to an art, and you'd be hard put to name a city that's approached.

The latest round of tests show a rise in the percentage of homes with elevated levels of lead, environmental officials said.

And that pressure has elevated and politicized the role of university.

Learn more about our partners-and the elevated experiences they provide.

Elevated water temperatures, perhaps the result of global warming, have been implicated in another blight against coral-bleaching.

Because the piece is elevated on a pedestal in the middle of a gallery, you can't help but notice it.

Or trap by allowing them to collect on the underside of a slightly elevated board.

Its levels in cells are elevated when cancer tumor cells divide uncontrollably.

Coral reefs were severely damaged by elevated sea temperatures last year.

By using the tunnel and another arm of the center that reaches out under the elevated plaza and toward the middle of the.

Higher domestic production will help to protect the population from elevated rice prices on the international market.

The torrent half-buried area homes and elevated long-running health concerns over heavy metals in the ash.

The health consequences of such elevated mutation rates, if any, remain unknown.

Their metabolic rate stays elevated for hours after the last weight is put away, burning extra calories.

Elevated feeding and watering stations keep birds from fouling the water supply with feathers, feather dander, and droppings.

It also works in all conditions and is mounted along the runway instead of elevated on masts.

Since the elevated subway line cannot be raised, the only alternative would be to shave off the top layer of the roadbed, he said.

Making a temporary hire is a standard scam for being elevated to the post when it is declared permanent.

But from the start he plainly had an elevated sense of his own importance.

For much of the way, the trail follows an abandoned elevated rail bed once used by logging trams.

Elevated levels of this element can affect neurological development in children.

The bird's blood-lead level was elevated beyond the instrument's range.

He has elevated levels of creatine kinase in his blood, the consequence of a heart attack.

Intellectuals have seldom been so disparaged and elevated at the same time.

Just one more reason why it's not a good idea to tolerate extended periods of elevated unemployment.

But in emperor penguins the hormone levels remain elevated even after an egg is lost.

But a fine point was left out, the study showed a benefit in only those with elevated homocysteine levels.

To be used in this fashion, the tail would have to be fully visible and therefore, the head would have to be elevated.

After training, the rats were tested in a variety of environments and remotely guided through pipes and across elevated runways.

If someone is coming from another city, the meeting's importance is somehow mentally elevated.

Bushfires two years ago elevated the urgency of the task for park managers:.

Every physiology text book illustrates the consequence of chronically elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

He has elevated leve ls of creatine kinase in his blood, the consequence of a heart attack.

Rogers' elevated impression of their worth then so be.

Higher output and growth would eventually reduce the elevated deficits and debt ratios.

Automobile exhaust produces elevated lead levels in urban air.

The environmental damage caused by these impacts would lead to an elevated rate of extinctions.

When you play them, you're in a constant state of arousal, complete with elevated heart rate and dilated pupils.

General paranoia and an illogical attachment to shiny metals keeps their prices permanently elevated above any sense of utility.

Other threats include toxic chlorinated pesticides that have appeared at elevated levels around industrial discharges.

Tampa, found that elevated levels of airborne lead correlate with higher murder rates.

The cost of light rail construction varies widely, largely depending on the amount of tunneling and elevated structures required.

Lab-coated technicians on elevated electric carts meticulously prune the crop.

The voice track was dropped and the background music elevated.

After the tremor episodes of yesterday, seismic activity has remained slightly elevated relative to the last few days.

Both countries have elevated tax evasion, corruption and lack of political responsibility.

Greek actors put on elevated platforms to raise them above mere mortal status.

Those who demonstrate higher levels of dedication to that behavior are elevated to leadership.

And cold-water fish that are high in omega-3s are also likely to have elevated levels of methylmercury and.

Privacy should not be elevated above all other concerns, they argue.

Such observations may also reveal how to predict elevated rates in coming years.

Since its opening a year ago, this elevated walkway has people strolling through the meatpacking district.

The findings mean astronauts may be at an elevated risk for kidney stones on long flights.

The rooms consisted of different numbers of small beds elevated slightly above the wood-planked floors.

We humans have far too elevated a view of our true intelligence and objectivity.

The best example: a protein whose level becomes elevated in the blood before a tumor even appears.

We elevated the unit out of harm's way by building a brick wall.

They dipped their paddles lightly, gliding slowly past scrap-built houses elevated on.

Buses have already learned a few tricks from trains: pre-paid tickets, elevated platforms, multiple doors and dedicated lanes.

Then the operator has to dispose of the water, often tainted with elevated levels of salinity.

Many people who struggle with addiction do not have elevated egos and are not grandiose.

Other spectacular places could be elevated even to monument status.

Those will be laid on an elevated concrete platform.

There's no better way to gauge the citizens and see the city than lumbering along the elevated tracks.

Psychological studies also indicate that highly creative people share an elevated risk of serious mental illness.

It contains elevated levels of iridium and shocked mineral grains.

Surprisingly, forgiveness is granted and respect is elevated.

Their water comes not from tubers in the ground but mainly from a large plastic water tank on an elevated platform.

It needs to be elevated to make animal migration possible mariam.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object)

to move or raise to a higher place or position; lift up.

to raise to a higher state, rank, or office; exalt; promote: to elevate an archbishop to cardinal.

to raise to a higher intellectual or spiritual level: Good poetry may elevate the mind.

to raise the spirits; put in high spirits.

to raise (the voice) in pitch or volume.

adjective

Archaic. raised; elevated.

Origin:
1490–1500; < Latin ēlevātus lightened, lifted up (past participle of ēlevāre), equivalent to ē- e- + lev- light + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

non·el·e·vat·ing, adjective

re·el·e·vate, verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.

Synonyms
1. lift, hoist. 2. advance, upgrade, dignify. Elevate, enhance, exalt, heighten mean to raise or make higher in some respect. To elevate is to raise something up to a higher level, position, or state: to elevate the living standards of a group. To enhance is to add to the attractions or desirability of something: Landscaping enhances the beauty of the grounds. To exalt is to raise very high in rank, character, estimation, mood, etc.: A king is exalted above his subjects. To heighten is to increase the strength or intensity: to heighten one's powers of concentration.

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World English Dictionary

elevated (ˈɛlɪˌveɪtɪd)

—*adj*
1.	raised to or being at a higher level
2.	inflated or lofty; exalted: an elevated opinion of oneself
3.	in a cheerful mood; elated
4.	informal slightly drunk

—n
5.	(US) See elevated railway short for elevated railway

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Word Origin & History

elevate

late 15c., from L. elevatus, pp. of elevare "lift up, raise," from ex- "out" + levare "lighten, raise," from levis "light" in weight (see lever). El, Amer.Eng. abbreviation of "elevated railroad" is first recorded 1906 in O. Henry.

Slang Dictionary

elevated definition

mod.
alcohol intoxicated; tipsy. : Sam was elevated from the drinking he did.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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"Whoever sincerely believes that elevated and distant goals are as little use to man as a cow, that "all of our problems" come from such goals, is left to eat, drink, sleep, or, when he gets sick of that, to run up to a chest and smash his forehead on its corner."

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