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- pronunciation:
- e
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veIt
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
elevates, elevating, elevated |
| definition: |
to raise or lift up to a higher physical position.
Members of the team elevated their star player onto their shoulders.- synonyms:
- lift, move up, raise
- antonyms:
- lower
- similar words:
- boost, heave, hoist
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| related words: |
augment, better, enrich, illuminate, increase, rear |
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| derivation: |
elevatingly (adv.) |
The word elevate
contains the following parts:
lev, liev
Latin
root
that means light (in weight)
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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