noun
- A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level.
- synonyms: elevated railway, elevated railroad, el, overhead railway
verb
- Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.
- usage: "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
- Raise from a lower to a higher position.
- usage: "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
- Raise in rank or condition.
- usage: "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
adjective
- Raised above the ground.
- usage: "an elevated platform"
- Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.
- usage: "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
- synonyms: exalted, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded
- Increased in amount or degree.
- usage: "raised temperature"
- synonyms: raised
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