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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024up•lift•ing /ʌpˈlɪftɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. - containing emotional or spiritual encouragement:an uplifting speech.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024up•lift•ing (up lif′ting),USA pronunciation adj. - inspirational;
offering or providing hope, encouragement, salvation, etc.:an uplifting sermon.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: upˈlifting /ʌpˈlɪftɪŋ/ adj - acting to raise moral, spiritual, cultural, etc levels
up•lift /ʌpˈlɪft/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to lift up;
raise;
elevate. - to improve socially, culturally, or morally.
- to encourage with emotionally or spiritually cheering words.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024up•lift (v. up lift′;n. up′lift′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to lift up;
raise;
elevate. - to improve socially, culturally, morally, or the like:to uplift downtrodden and deprived peoples.
- to exalt emotionally or spiritually.
v.i. - to become uplifted.
n. - an act of lifting up or raising;
elevation. - the process or work of improving, as socially, intellectually, or morally.
- emotional or spiritual exaltation.
- Clothinga brassiere.
- Geologyan upheaval.
- Middle English upliften. See up-, lift 1300–50
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged enrichment, betterment, enhancement.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: uplift vb /ʌpˈlɪft/(transitive)- to raise; elevate; lift up
- to raise morally, spiritually, culturally, etc
- Scot NZ to collect (a passenger, parcel, etc); pick up
n /ˈʌpˌlɪft/- the act, process, or result of lifting up
- the act or process of bettering moral, social or cultural conditions, etc
- a brassiere for lifting and supporting the breasts
- (as modifier): an uplift bra
- the process or result of land being raised to a higher level, as during a period of mountain building
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