elevated en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛl.əˌveɪ.dɪd/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈɛl.əˌveɪ.dəd/ (General-American)
Meanings
- Raised, usually above ground level.
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Increased, particularly above a normal level.
the elevated language of poetry
The patient presented with elevated blood pressure.
- Of a higher rank or status.
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Running with administrator rights.
Install all the required tools from an elevated console.
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(archaic, euphemistic, slang) Intoxicated; drunk.
‘I hope,’ said Mr. Pickwick, ‘that our volatile friend is committing no absurdities in that dickey behind.’ ‘Oh dear, no,’ replied Ben Allen. ‘Except when he’s elevated, Bob’s the quietest creature breathing.’
1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:A man whom Tom knew was returning one evening from a fair, a little elevated of course, when he met a berrin (i. e. funeral), which he joined, as is the custom; but, to his surprise, there was no one there that he knew except one man, and he had been dead for some years.
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 367:
- Of a higher register or style.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more elevated | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most elevated | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
elevatedness · elevatedly · elevated railway · nonelevated · elevated line · mobile elevated work platform · coelevated · unelevated · hyperelevated
Translations (22)
ga ardaithe (above normal) · ota یوكسك (above ground level) · ota یوكسك (above normal) · ro ridicat (above ground level) · fi kohonnut (above normal) · de gehoben (above ground level) · ru возвы́шенный (of a higher rank) · de erhöht (above normal) · la celsus (above normal) · sa उच्च (above ground level) · hi ऊपर (above normal) · fr élevé (above normal) · de gehoben (of a higher linguistic register) · bg възвишен (of a higher rank) · ca elevat (above ground level) · ug كۆتەرمە (above ground level) · bg издигнат (above ground level) · mk издигнат (above ground level) · ru возвы́шенный (above ground level) · la elevatus (above ground level) · ro ridicat (above normal) · ru высо́кий (of a higher linguistic register)