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повыша́ть — meaning in English

povyshat

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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.
  • exalt verb To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
  • heighten verb To increase the intensity, degree, or effect of something.
  • raise verb To move or lift something to a higher position.

Senses

повыша́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • advance To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]
  • bump up (transitive, idiomatic) To promote a person to a higher grade.
  • enhance To augment or make something greater.
  • exalt (transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
  • heighten To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
  • 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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