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Erhöhen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • advance verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
  • augment verb To make something larger or stronger by adding to it.
  • elevate verb To physically raise something to a higher position.
  • elevation noun The height of a place above sea level.
  • enhance verb To improve the quality, value, or appeal of something.
  • exalt verb To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
  • exaltation noun The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
  • increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
  • raise verb To move or lift something to a higher position.
  • up adverb Toward or in a higher position; away from the ground.

Senses

Erhöhen is used for these senses in English:

  • advance To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]
  • elevate (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
  • elevate (transitive) To increase the intensity or degree of (something).
  • elevation The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
  • elevation The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
  • enhance To augment or make something greater.
  • exalt (transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
  • exaltation The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

advance — full definition

  1. verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
  2. verb To give money before it is normally due.
  3. noun Forward movement or progress, or money paid before it is due.
  4. adj Happening or done ahead of time.

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