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[ verb ] give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Synonyms Examples "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" Used in print (The New York Times,...)Nick_Skorich , the line_coach for the football champion Philadelphia_Eagles , was elevated today to head coach . |
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[ verb ] raise from a lower to a higher position
Examples "Raise your hands" "Lift a load" Used in print (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)At its most ecstatic moments , husband and wife are elevated far above worldly cares . (Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)Since marginal_costs rise when the wage rate rises , the profit_maximizing price also rises when the public limit price is elevated , and is likely to remain well above the latter . |
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[ verb ] raise in rank or condition
Examples : "The new law lifted many people from poverty" Used in print (Charles Glicksberg, "Sex in Contemporary Literature"...)He has elevated sex - not Eros or libido but pure , spontaneous , uninhibited sex - to the rank of the godhead ; it is Astarte , Ishtar , Venus , Yahwe , Dionysus , Christ , the mysterious and divine orgone energy flowing through the body of the universe . |
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