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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

elevado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-le-va-do

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Elevated/ˈɛl.ə.veɪ.tɪd/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A plataforma elevada oferecia uma melhor vista do concerto."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Raised to a higher position or level.

    "The elevated platform provided a better view of the concert."
  2. 2

    Of a higher moral, intellectual, or cultural level.

    "She has an elevated sense of justice that inspires others."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'elevatus', the past participle of 'elevare', combining 'ex-' (out, up) and 'levare' (to raise, from 'levis' meaning light). It entered the English language in the late 15th century, initially retaining literal physical meanings of being lifted up before expanding into metaphorical domains of mood, status, and style.

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