elevation

elevation is a 9-letter English word with 15 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.
2. noun. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.
3. noun. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
4. noun. The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star.
5. noun. The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
6. noun. The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o/ sight; -- distinguished from direction.
7. noun. A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography.
8. noun. the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something

   "the aggrandizement of the king"

   "his elevation to cardinal"

   Synonyms: aggrandisement, aggrandizement

9. noun. drawing of an exterior of a structure
10. noun. (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump

    "a dancer of exceptional elevation"

11. noun. distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)

    "there was snow at the higher elevations"

12. noun. the event of something being raised upward

    "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"

    "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"

    Synonyms: lift, raising

13. noun. a raised or elevated geological formation
14. noun. angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

    Synonyms: alt, altitude, el

15. noun. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

    "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"

    "the artist's gifts are at their acme"

    Synonyms: acme, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top

Synonyms

aggrandisement, aggrandizement, lift, raising, alt, altitude, el, acme, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top

Common word forms

elevations, elevational

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