English-German translations for elevate

• erhöhen
  Es ist richtig, eine modernere Form der Lenkungsstruktur durchzusetzen und zu versuchen, den gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Einfluss des Fußballs im positiven Sinne zu erhöhen. It is right to implement a more modern form of governance and to try to elevate the social and cultural influence of football in a positive way.
• anheben
• erheben
  Allerdings stellt sich die Frage, ob es denn richtig ist, die Beschäftigungspolitik gleich in den Rang einer Gemeinschaftspolitik zu erheben. But it is questionable whether it is justified to elevate employment policy to European policy in this way.
  Nach dem berühmten Grundsatz: wer die Norm hat, hat den Markt, wollte jeder Mitgliedstaat seine Norm zur europäischen Norm erheben. According to the famous maxim: he who has the standard has the market. Every Member State wanted to elevate its standard to the level of the European standard.

Definition of elevate

• To raise to a higher position
• To promote to a higher rank
• To confer honor or nobility on (someone
• To make more worthy or of greater value
• To direct toward more worthy things
• To increase the intensity or degree of (something
• To lift the spirits of (someone
• To intoxicate in a slight degree; to make tipsy
• To attempt to make seem less important, remarkable, etc
• Elevated; raised aloft

Examples

• The doctor told me elevating my legs would help reduce the swelling
• A talented chef can elevate everyday ingredients into gourmet delights
• Some drugs have the side effect of elevating your blood sugar level

Related words

• elevated
• elevated railway
• elevated position
• elevated plain