elevating

UK: /ˈelɪveɪtɪŋ/

From the verb elevate: (⇒ conjugate)

elevating is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

el•e•vate /ˈɛləˌveɪt/   v. [~ + object] , -vat•ed, -vat•ing. 

1. to raise to a higher place or position:
   We need to elevate the level of our thinking.
2. to raise to a higher state or rank;
   promote:
   The vice president was elevated to president.

See -lev-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

el•e•vate  (v. el′ə vāt′;adj. el′ə vāt′, -vit), v., -vat•ed, -vat•ing, adj. 
v.t. 

1. to move or raise to a higher place or position;
   lift up.
2. to raise to a higher state, rank, or office;
   exalt;
   promote:
   to elevate an archbishop to cardinal.
3. to raise to a higher intellectual or spiritual level:
   Good poetry may elevate the mind.
4. to raise the spirits;
   put in high spirits.
5. to raise (the voice) in pitch or volume.

adj. 

6. [Archaic.] raised;
   elevated.

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

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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elevate / ˈɛlɪˌveɪt/ verb (transitive)

1. to move to a higher place
2. to raise in rank or status; promote
3. to put in a cheerful mood; elate
4. to put on a higher cultural plane; uplift
5. to raise the axis of a gun
6. to raise the intensity or pitch of (the voice)

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin ēlevāre from levāre to raise, from levis (adj) light

ˌeleˈvatory adjective