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ascenseur — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lift verb To raise something to a higher position.

Senses

ascenseur is used for these senses in English:

  • lift (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic, _, elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
  • scroll bar (computing, GUI) A graphical widget in the form of a horizontal or vertical bar, on the edges of a personal computer screen, that is used to move scrollable text or images.

lift — full definition

  1. verb To raise something to a higher position.
  2. verb To remove or cancel a restriction, ban, or rule.
  3. verb To steal something, especially casually or without much effort.
  4. noun British English word for an elevator: a device for carrying people or goods between floors.
  5. noun A free ride in someone else's vehicle.

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