ELEVATION(NOUN)|Meaning of Elevation by Learn English

Definition:

• An act or result of lifting or raising someone or something.
• The height of a place.
• A place ( such as a hill ) that is higher than the area around it.
• The distance of something or someone from bottom to top
• A raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position.

Synonyms:

Acme, Pinnacle, Ski lift, Top, Summit, Stature, Prime, Apex, Vertex, Dignity, Ennobling, Incline, Highland, Promontory, Leap, Step-up, Superlative, Bloom, Heyday, Teetotum, Crown, Crest, Upland, Hill, Ridge, Mount, Foreland, Slope, Increase, Grade, Isometry, Distance, Ascension, Surge, Spurt, Alp, Cliff.

Antonyms:

Deposition, Dethronement, Discharge, Dismissal, Expulsion, Impeachment, Ouster, Overthrow, Removal, Suspension, Unmaking, Unseating downfall, Fall, Abasement, Comedown, Degradation, Demotion, Disrating, Downgrade, Reduction, Dale, Depression, Dingle, Glen, Hollow, Vale, Valley, Basin, Bottom, Bottomland, Fen, Flat, Floodplain, Lowland, Drop, Shame, Deepness, Decline, Decrease, Disdain, Natural depression, Dene, Dent, Depth, Deteriorate, Diminish, Dip.

Related Near Synonyms Of Elevation:

Advancement, Ascent, Creation, Preference, Promotion, Rise, Upgrade, Height, Altitude, Loftiness, Tallness, Improvement, Amelioration, Refinement, Superiority, Eminence, Fosterage, Rhytidectomy, Aggrandizement, Lift, Aerodynamic, Peak, Airlift, Facelift, Rearing, Nurture, Bring up, Nip and tuck, Ski tow, Tip top, Cosmetic surgery, Heave, Rhytidoplasty, Meridian, Breeding.

Related Antonyms Of Elevation:

Droop, Acute stress disorder, Emotional distress, Emotional pain, Emotional trauma, Flat, Floor, Lowness, Lowland, Meadow, Mental anguish, Mental distress, Plateau, Mental disturbance, Restrain, Surface level, Abate, Ancestry, Atrophy, Bottom, Bottom glade, Canyon, Bottom land, Coulee, Descend, Despondency, Depreciation, Demean, Deflate.

Usages Of Elevation in Sentences:

1. Our love is not a desperation, but an elevation.
2. This particular plant species Found only at higher elevation.
3. We charted the elevation in her temperature.
4. The elevation of Angel falls is 979 meters, making it the world’s highest waterfall.
5. The appointment of Sandra Day O’ Connor marked the first elevation of a woman to the U.S supreme court.
6. Little Round top is one of the most visited elevations in the entire Gettysburg National Military Park.
7. A burglar alarm was displayed on the front elevation.
8. The angle of elevation was at least 60 or 70 degrees.
9. The difference in elevation provides climatic change.
10. Adjust the scope for windage and elevation and shoot again.
11. The city is at an elevation of 2000 meters.
12. Elevation of blood pressure can cause headache.
13. Their tents were situated at an elevation of 3000 meters.
14. The flagpole stands on a small elevation in front of the building.
15. It is far from clear whether, he should be congratulated on his sudden elevation.

Origin and Etymology of Elevation:

late 14c., “a rising, height of something, height to which something is elevated,” from old French elevation and directly from Latin elevationem (nominative elevatio) “a lifting up,” noun of action from past-participle stem of elevare “lift up, raise” figuratively, “to lighten, alleviate,” + levare “to lighten; to raise,” from levis “light” in weight (from PIE root *legwh- “not heavy, having little weight”). Meaning “act of elevating” is from 1520s.