uplift
/ʌpˈlɪft/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual, or emotional level.
verb
To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual, or emotional level.
verb
To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
New Zealand usage
verb
To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession.
Australian usage; Transitive verb
verb
To backport.
verb
To pick up; take possession of.
Example Sentences
- "Whether you find it by your power as a man, or because, being near the gods, a god has whispered you. Uplift our State; think upon your fame; your coming brought us luck, be lucky to us still, remember that it is better to rule over men than over a waste place, since neither walled town nor ship is anything if it be empty and no man within it."
- "They recognised that their free-lay properties were just right for premises where there had to be easy access to underfloor cables or where office layouts needed to be readily changed without having to uplift the carpet every time."
- "At the behest of the London Midland Region, the infrastructure was built with a capability for running at up to 110mph with conventional rolling stock, as well as the raising of speed limits - such as the 60mph over Shap summit uplifted to 80mph."
- "I thought I could uplift everyone, but... everything's gotten so bad. God, am I stupid for even trying?"
- "—genetically uplifted the ancestors of the saurs, and culturally—at least—uplifted the kraken. We are used to thinking of these species as wise and ancient, which indeed they are, but the octopods are their 'Elder Race.'"
- "A man who abused a Police Community Support Officer for being transgender has received an uplifted sentence at Mold Magistrates' Court... At Court the prosecutor applied for the sentence for the public order offence to be uplifted to reflect the hate crime aspect. This resulted in the Court imposing a greater penalty."
Etymology
From up- + lift.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: up-