elevated

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛləveɪtɪd/

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of elevate

Adjective

elevated

1. Raised, particularly above ground level.
2. Increased, particularly above a normal level.

   the elevated language of poetry

   The patient presented with elevated blood pressure.

3. Of a higher rank or status.
4. (computing) Running with administration rights granted

   Install all the required tools from an elevated console.

Translations

• German: gehoben
• Russian: возвы́шенный

Translations

• French: élevé

Translations

• Russian: возвы́шенный

Noun

elevated (plural elevateds)

1. (US) An elevated railway.
   • 1934, Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man, New York: Knopf, Chapter 16,

     Mr. Nunheim’s home was on the fourth floor of a dark, damp, and smelly building made noisy by the Sixth Avenue elevated.

   • 2012, Roger P. Roess, ‎Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York

     While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable.

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