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повы́сить — meaning in English

povysit

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English meaning

  • advance verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
  • enhance verb To improve the quality, value, or appeal of something.
  • heighten verb To increase the intensity, degree, or effect of something.
  • promote verb To raise someone to a higher rank or more important job.
  • raise verb To move or lift something to a higher position.

Senses

повы́сить is used for these senses in English:

  • advance To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]
  • enhance To augment or make something greater.
  • heighten To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
  • promote (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
  • raise To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.

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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