Used in a Sentence

uplifted

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for uplifted.

Editorial note

The rehabilitation assumption goes along with the idea that if person improves, if they are uplifted, they won't commit crimes.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Lifted upwards, raised.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Lifted upwards, raised.

adjective

(figurative) Joyous, hopeful or inspired.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for uplifted.

adjective

Lifted upwards, raised.

adjective

(figurative) Joyous, hopeful or inspired.

Example sentences

1

The rehabilitation assumption goes along with the idea that if person improves, if they are uplifted, they won't commit crimes.

2

The author is obviously of the Marxist left, the same Marx the predicted ever and ever more impoverished workers while today the capitalism Marx so reviled obviously has uplifted so many.

3

Be careful not to become too uplifted by his words or you'll get all happy about yourself and loose your drive.

4

Gabriel Garcia Marquez uplifted not only the image of Colombia world-wide, but also the image and culture of the Caribbean coast.

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If you think the majority of the poorest have been uplifted significantly, you haven't been in the streets in really poor areas.

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Only rarely does code get uplifted to Aurora or Beta.

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You could be an AI or an uplifted dog for all I know.

8

Steno's theory that the shells were deposited in sedimentary layers in water that later turned to rock and were uplifted took about 120 years to be accepted.

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Has it been 'uplifted into Firefox nightly/incoming?

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I was very uplifted by the Rauschenberg name-dropping.

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I wrote a pretty printer[0] that doesn't rely on full parsing and with performance in mind, that should get uplifted in the next couple days and pretty printing won't be so slow anymore.

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We finally removed a section of ugly code that's been in the system for over 2 years and I'll tell ya, I felt emotionally uplifted after it, as if a weight had been removed.

Quote examples

1

Somebody has to take lead so it can be ready by the time more 3rd world countries get "uplifted".

2

United States, " Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.

3

In David Brin's Uplift trilogy, uplifted sentient dolphins sometimes "spoke" to each other by mimicking echolocation returns and beaming pictures and scenes directly into each other's heads.

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I always found David Brin's idea of "whalesong" thinking for uplifted dolphins (vs.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use uplifted in a sentence?

The rehabilitation assumption goes along with the idea that if person improves, if they are uplifted, they won't commit crimes.

What does uplifted mean?

Lifted upwards, raised.

What part of speech is uplifted?

uplifted is commonly used as adjective.