Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈɛl.əˌveɪ.dɪd/
Pronunciation notes
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/ˈɛl.əˌveɪ.dəd/
Pronunciation notes
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ˈɛləveɪtɪd
Adjective
Raised, usually above ground level.
Increased, particularly above a normal level.
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the elevated language of poetry
The patient presented with elevated blood pressure.
Of a higher rank or status.
Running with administrator rights.
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Install all the required tools from an elevated console.
Intoxicated; drunk.
Usage- Archaic
- euphemistic
- Slang
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‘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.’
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.
Of a higher register or style.
Noun
An elevated railway.
Usage- US usage
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the Washington Street Elevated
Mr. Nunheim's home was on the fourth floor of a dark, damp, and smelly building made noisy by the Sixth Avenue elevated.
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While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable.
Adjective
raised above the ground
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an elevated platform
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
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an exalted ideal
a noble and lofty concept
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a grand purpose
increased in amount or degree
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raised temperature
Noun
a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level