Dictionary entry

Elevation

Pronunciation: /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) [C, U] (fml) မြှင့်တင်ခြင်း။ မြင့်မားခြင်း။ [C] (က) ပင်လယ် ရေမျက်နှာပြင်အထက် အမြင့်။ . (ခ) (fml) တောင်ကုန်း။ မြေမြင့်။ [C] (architecture) အဆောက်အအုံ၏ ... ဘက် မြင်ပုံ။

Definition

elevation /elÇ'veÇʃn/ n ၁။ [C, U] ( fml ) ျမႇင့္တင္ျခင္း။ ျမင့္မားျခင္း။ his elevation to the peerage ❍ the elevation (ie noble quality) of thought that gives poetry its value. ၂။ [C] (က) ပင္လယ္ ေရမ်က္ႏွာျပင္အထက္ အျမင့္။ The city is at an elevation of 2000 metres. (ခ) ( fml ) ေတာင္ကုန္း။ ေျမျမင့္။ a small elevation of the ground. ၃။ [C] (architecture) အေဆာက္အအံု၏ … ဘက္ ျမင္ပံု။ the front/rear/side elevation of a house.

Examples

  1. The museum’s front elevation faces the university.
  2. The elevation of feeling over reason
  3. [elevation to] : His elevation to the position of Head of State took place in 1936.