elevates
SayEL-uh-vayts/ˈɛləveɪts/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of elevate.
Daily reading elevates a child's vocabulary over the course of a year.
The crane elevates heavy steel beams to the top of the tower.
Note
Every meaning behind this form is transitive, so it almost always takes an object: a crane elevates beams, a promotion elevates an officer, good reading elevates the mind. Computing uses it the same way, as when the system elevates a program so it can carry out a privileged action. The -s marks agreement with he, she, it or a singular noun. Plural, first-person and second-person subjects take plain elevate.
elevates is a form of elevate
elevate, verb: To lift something, or move it upward, so that it is held or positioned higher. Full entry
- Spelling
- elevate → elevates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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