elevated

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛləveɪtɪd/

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• Hyphenation: el‧e‧vated

Verb

elevated

1. simple past tense and past participle of elevate

Adjective

elevated (comparative more elevated, superlative most elevated)

1. Raised, particularly above ground level.
2. Increased, particularly above a normal level.

   the elevated language of poetry

   The patient presented with elevated blood pressure.

3. Of a higher rank or status.
4. (computing) Running with administration rights granted

   Install all the required tools from an elevated console.

5. (archaic, slang) intoxicated; drunk

Translations

Above ground level

• Bulgarian: издигнат (bg) (izdignat)
• German: gehoben (de)
• Latin: elevatus

• Romanian: ridicat (ro) m
• Russian: возвы́шенный (ru) (vozvýšennyj)
• Sanskrit: उच्च (sa) (ucca)

Above normal

• Finnish: kohonnut (fi)
• French: élevé (fr)

• Latin: celsus
• Romanian: ridicat (ro) m

Of a higher rank

• Bulgarian: възвишен (bg) (vǎzvišen)

• Russian: возвы́шенный (ru) (vozvýšennyj)

Noun

elevated (plural elevateds)

1. (US) An elevated railway.
   • 1934, Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man, New York: Knopf, Chapter 16,^[1]

     Mr. Nunheim’s home was on the fourth floor of a dark, damp, and smelly building made noisy by the Sixth Avenue elevated.

   • 2012, Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York

     While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable.