Uplift

Quick meaning: Uplift is a verb meaning To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.

Meaning

To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.

More Meanings

1. (law, of a penalty) To aggravate; to increase.
2. (aviation, travel) To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
3. (New Zealand) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
4. (law, Australia, transitive) To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession.
5. (software engineering) To backport.
6. (Northern England) To pick up; take possession of.
7. The act or result of uplifting (in various senses).

Example Sentences

The EMR Regional timetable improvements also include a significant uplift in Sunday services.

In an affidavit supporting an application for a court order to uplift the child, a social worker said there were ongoing family violence issues between the baby's mother and father.

This means that while initial funding will come from the public purse, landowners along the route will eventually pay back a share of the uplift in land values created by the new line.

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.

Word Forms

• uplifts
• uplifting
• uplifted

Synonyms for uplift

Depending on context, synonyms include dignify, elevate, enlighten, enrich, lift, advance.

Antonyms for uplift

Common opposites include dismay, deject, demoralize, dispirit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lift up, pick up, upthrust, upthrow, upheaval, elate.

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