uplift

[ verb uhp-lift; noun uhp-lift ]

verb (used with object)

1. to lift up; raise; elevate.
2. to improve socially, culturally, morally, or the like:

   to uplift downtrodden and deprived peoples.

3. to exalt emotionally or spiritually.

verb (used without object)

1. to become uplifted.

noun

1. an act of lifting up or raising; elevation.
2. the process or work of improving, as socially, intellectually, or morally.
3. emotional or spiritual exaltation.

   Synonyms: enhancement, betterment, enrichment

4. a brassiere.
5. Geology. an upheaval.

uplift

verb

1. to raise; elevate; lift up
2. to raise morally, spiritually, culturally, etc
3. to collect (a passenger, parcel, etc); pick up

noun

1. the act, process, or result of lifting up
2. the act or process of bettering moral, social or cultural conditions, etc
3. 1. a brassiere for lifting and supporting the breasts
   2. ( as modifier )

      an uplift bra

4. the process or result of land being raised to a higher level, as during a period of mountain building

Derived Forms

• upˈlifter, noun

Other Words From

• up·liftment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of uplift¹

First recorded in 1300–50, uplift is from the Middle English word upliften. See up-, lift

Example Sentences

In the judicial review at the Court of Session, environmental groups Greenpeace and Uplift are arguing that this means work on Rosebank and Jackdaw should be paused while fuller environmental impact assessments are carried out.

From BBC

Tessa Khan, executive director of Uplift, said Rosebank should never have been approved.

From BBC

Uplift accused regulators of "failing to be transparent" in granting the consents and said Rosebank would damage marine life in the North Sea.

From BBC

A judicial review brought jointly by the environment groups Greenpeace and Uplift is due to be heard at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

From BBC

However, I use bootstrapping in a sense that remains attentive to the actual claims expressed by Black American liberals such as Douglass, Easton and Stewart, who saw internal racial uplift as a central tenet for transforming their societies even as they levied devastating critiques of antebellum America’s inegalitarian social and political system that make such personal uplift all but impossible.

From Salon

Related Words

• excite
• exhilarate
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