elevated

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛləveɪtɪd/

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• Hyphenation: el‧e‧vated

elevated

1. simple past tense and past participle of elevate

elevated (comparative more elevated, superlative most elevated)

1. Raised, particularly above ground level.
2. Increased, particularly above a normal level.

   the elevated language of poetry

   The patient presented with elevated blood pressure.

3. Of a higher rank or status.

elevated (plural elevateds)

1. An elevated railway.
   • 2012, Roger P. Roess, ‎Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York

     While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable.