Finnish-English translations for ylentää

  • promote
    us
    Like me, the Portuguese cannot understand how someone who has failed in this way can be promoted to the top level. Portugalilaisetkaan eivät pysty ymmärtämään, miten joku, joka on tällä tavoin epäonnistunut, voidaan ylentää huippuvirkaan. He promoted his clerk to office managerThey promoted the abolition of daylight saving time
  • advance
    us
    an advance in health or knowledgean advance in rank or officean advance on the prime cost of goods
  • exaltThey exalted their queen.The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.
  • raise
    us
    to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourselfto raise a wall, or a heap of stonesThe ship was raised ten years after it had sunk
  • sharpento sharpen a pencil or a knife

Definition of ylentää

  • siirtää arvoasteikossa ylöspäin; esim. sotilasarvoissa tai muissa tittelijärjestelmissä
  • tehdä nuotti korkeammaksi

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