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Defenition of the word elevation

    • Defenition of the word elevation

      • A geometrical projection of one of the faces of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon.
      • the highest level or degree attainable: "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"
      • the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
      • drawing of an exterior of a structure
      • distance of something above a reference point
      • angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
      • the event of something being raised
      • the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
      • a raised or elevated geological formation
      • the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal"
      • (ballet) the height of a dancer''s leap or jump; "a dancer of exceptional elevation"
      • distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); "there was snow at the higher elevations"
      • the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
      • the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist''s gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of
      • (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump
      • distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
      • the event of something being raised upward
      • the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

    Synonyms for the word elevation

      • acme
      • aggrandisement
      • aggrandizement
      • ALT
      • altitude
      • distance from the ground
      • EL
      • heave
      • height
      • increase
      • lift
      • natural elevation
      • peak
      • pinnacle
      • raise
      • raising
      • rise
      • summit
      • superlative
      • top

    Similar words in the elevation

      • elevation
      • elevation's
      • elevations

    Meronymys for the word elevation

      • incline
      • side
      • slope

    Hyponyms for the word elevation

      • altitude
      • ego trip
      • foreland
      • grade
      • ground level
      • head
      • headland
      • height
      • highland
      • hill
      • hills
      • isometry
      • mount
      • mountain
      • promontory
      • ridge
      • self-aggrandisement
      • self-aggrandizement
      • swell
      • upland
      • water level

    Hypernyms for the word elevation

      • actuation
      • angular position
      • architectural plan
      • ascension
      • ascent
      • degree
      • distance
      • formation
      • geological formation
      • geology
      • increase
      • leap
      • level
      • plan
      • point
      • propulsion
      • rise
      • rising
      • stage
      • step-up

    Antonyms for the word elevation

      • depression
      • natural depression

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