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verb
To put (something) higher or further.
To promote, put onto a higher level.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To put (something) higher or further.
To raise, put onto a higher place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To put (something) higher or further.
To put higher on a list.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To reschedule (something) to an earlier date or time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, transitive
Synonyms: move forward, prepone
Antonyms: move back
verb
To move higher.
To be promoted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To move higher.
To pass to a higher level.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To move one's position to allow others to occupy a place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: move over
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To move forward (especially when waiting in a queue / line).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
move upward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: rise, lift, arise, go up, come up, uprise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
Narrower terms: scend, surge, climb, climb up, mount, go up, soar, soar up, soar upwards, zoom, rocket, skyrocket, bubble, uplift, chandelle, steam, rise, come up, uprise, ascend
verb
move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ascend, rise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
History
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Across languages
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