{
    "term": "elevate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "elevate",
            "heSheIt": "elevates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "elevated",
        "pastParticiple": "elevated",
        "ingForm": "elevating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to give somebody/something a higher position or rank, often more important than they deserve",
            "sensetop": "elevate somebody/something (to something)elevate something (into/to something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He elevated many of his friends to powerful positions within the government.",
                    "contextForm": "elevate somebody/something (to something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was an attempt to elevate football to a subject worthy of serious study.",
                    "contextForm": "elevate something (into/to something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has elevated bad taste into an art form."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "raise, promote"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to lift something up or put something in a higher position",
            "sensetop": "elevate something",
            "labels": "(specialist or formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It is important that the injured leg should be elevated."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make the level of something increase",
            "sensetop": "elevate something",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's well known that stress elevates blood pressure."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to improve a person’s mood, so that they feel happy",
            "sensetop": "elevate something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The song never failed to elevate his spirits."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈelɪveɪt/",
                "audio": "el/elevate/elevate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈelɪveɪts/",
                "audio": "el/elevate/elevates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈelɪveɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "el/elevate/elevated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈelɪveɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "el/elevate/elevating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈelɪveɪt/",
                "audio": "el/elevate/elevate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈelɪveɪts/",
                "audio": "el/elevate/elevates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈelɪveɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "el/elevate/elevated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈelɪveɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "el/elevate/elevating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin elevat- ‘raised’, from the verb elevare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away’ + levare ‘lighten’ (from levis ‘light’)."
}