📖 E — The English dictionary · page 10

elevated — Everyday, meaning 1: Elevated means raised up higher than the ground or things around it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Higher than normal: «an elevated temperature» or «elevated heart rate».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) Elevated is the past of elevate: lifted up or given a higher rank.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (formal) Grand or serious in style.↗ Example: The house was built on elevated ground to avoid floods.↗ · Keep your sprained ankle elevated.↗ · The doctor said he had an elevated temperature.↗ · Chicago has an elevated train called the L.↗ · Her heart rate was elevated after running.↗ · He was elevated to captain of the team.↗ · He and King Ulysses exchanged with one another the courtesies which belong to their elevated rank.↗

elevation — Everyday, meaning 1: The height of a place above sea level.↗ e.g. The town is at an elevation of 500 metres.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Raising something or someone up, or moving someone to a higher rank: her elevation to captain.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (technical) A flat drawing of one side of a building.↗ Example: The village is at an elevation of 1,200 metres.↗ · Plants are smaller at high elevation because it is cold and windy.↗ · The map uses brown for high elevation.↗ · The architect drew the front elevation of the house.↗ · Her elevation to head girl surprised nobody.↗ · Camp A is at 800 m and camp B at 1,300 m; the difference in elevation is 500 m.↗

elevator — Everyday, meaning 1: An elevator is a machine like a small room that carries people or things up and down between floors of a building (US and Canada; called a «lift» in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A grain elevator is a tall building where farmers store grain.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A part on a plane's tail that moves to make it go up or down.↗ Example: We took the elevator to the tenth floor.↗ · Press the button to call the elevator.↗ · In a fire, never use the elevator.↗ · The elevator can carry eight people at most.↗ · In London we called it a lift, not an elevator.↗ · The elevator got stuck between floors.↗ · A grain elevator stood beside the railway.↗

eleven — Everyday, meaning 1: Eleven is the number 11, one more than ten.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A team of eleven players is called an eleven, as in football and cricket.↗ Example: Eleven players are on the team.↗ · She has eleven coins.↗ · Eleven plus four is fifteen.↗ · He is eleven years old.↗ · We have lunch at eleven thirty.↗ · Eleven is an odd number.↗ · Eleven can only be divided by 1 and 11.↗ · There were eleven of them altogether.↗ · It is eleven days journey from Horeb unto Kadesh-barnea by the way of mount Seir.↗ (Torah DEU.1.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains he made them.↗ (Torah EXO.36.14, JPS 1917)↗ · and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.↗ (Prophets JOS.15.51, JPS 1917)↗ · Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; (Writings 2CH.36.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.↗ (Prophets 2KI.23.36, JPS 1917)↗

eleventh — Everyday, meaning 1: Eleventh means number 11 in order.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An eleventh is one of 11 equal parts, written 1/11.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «At the eleventh hour» means at the very last moment.↗ Example: She was eleventh in the race.↗ · The eleventh day of the trip.↗ · How many runners finished before the eleventh?↗ · One eleventh of 22 is 2.↗ · We live on the eleventh floor.↗ · It is his eleventh birthday.↗ · She finished the project at the eleventh hour.↗ · This is the tale of the wonders that befell on the evening of the eleventh of December, when they did what they were told not to do.↗ · On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher: (Torah NUM.7.72, JPS 1917)↗ · Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.↗ (Writings 1CH.12.14, JPS 1917)↗ · the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim; (Writings 1CH.24.12, JPS 1917)↗ · The eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.18, JPS 1917)↗

elf — Everyday, meaning 1: An elf is a small magical creature in stories and folk tales, often with pointed ears, who can be helpful or tricky.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In Christmas stories, elves are Santa's helpers who make toys at the North Pole.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In fantasy books and games, like «The Lord of the Rings», elves are tall, wise, beautiful people who live very long.↗ Example: The elves made shoes for the poor shoemaker.↗ · Santa's elves wrap presents in the workshop.↗ · Our Elf on the Shelf moves every night.↗ · Legolas is an elf in «The Lord of the Rings».↗ · She dressed up as an elf for the school play.↗ · The elf had pointy ears and a green hat.↗ · In Iceland some people tell stories about hidden elves.↗ · The poor little elf was very much frightened.↗

elfin — Everyday, meaning 1: Small, delicate and magical, like an elf or a fairy.↗ Example: The elfin child slipped through the gap in the hedge.↗ · Her face was small and elfin.↗ · We heard elfin laughter in the wood.↗

elicit — Everyday, meaning 1: To get a reaction, answer or information from someone, often by asking questions or doing something.↗ Example: The clown's trick elicited laughter from the children.↗ · The teacher's question elicited many good answers.↗ · The police tried to elicit information from the witness.↗ · His sad story elicited sympathy.↗ · A loud noise elicits a jump from most people.↗ · Her joke failed to elicit even a smile.↗

eligibility — Everyday, meaning 1: Having the right to do or get something because you meet the rules, such as the right age, address or qualifications.↗ Example: Check the eligibility rules before you enter the competition.↗ · Age is one condition for eligibility to vote.↗ · Your eligibility for free school meals depends on family income.↗ · The coach checked each player's eligibility for the under-11 team.↗ · Living in the town is needed for eligibility for the library card.↗ · Eligibility for the prize was limited to pupils under 12.↗

eligible — Everyday, meaning 1: Allowed to do or get something because you meet the rules, as in «eligible to vote» or «eligible for free school meals».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old-fashioned) A good person to marry, usually rich and single, as in «an eligible bachelor».↗ Example: Children aged 9 to 11 are eligible for the chess competition.↗ · You are eligible to vote at 18.↗ · Only Year 6 pupils are eligible to be prefects.↗ · She was not eligible because she had already won.↗ · Some families are eligible for free school meals.↗ · In the novel, he was the most eligible bachelor in town.↗ · He remembered that you have to prove you don’t know you have it before you are eligible for Pop.↗

eliminate — Everyday, meaning 1: To eliminate means to remove or get rid of something completely.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To eliminate a team or player means to knock them out of a competition.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths) To eliminate an answer means to show it cannot be right, so you cross it out.↗ Example: Washing hands helps eliminate germs.↗ · Our team was eliminated in the semi-final.↗ · Eliminate the answers that are too big.↗ · By the process of elimination, the answer must be C.↗ · Recycling can eliminate a lot of waste.↗ · Eliminate the odd numbers from 1 to 10; what is left?↗ · I have eliminated a malodorous and un-English skunk.↗

elimination — Everyday, meaning 1: Removing or getting rid of something completely.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (sport, games, shows) Being knocked out of a competition.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths, logic) Solving a problem by ruling out wrong answers one by one (process of elimination).↗ Example: By a process of elimination, we found who took the cake.↗ · Our team lost in the elimination round.↗ · The elimination of smallpox was a great success for science.↗ · The quiz had a different elimination each week.↗ · Cross off wrong answers: that is elimination.↗ · The elimination of plastic straws helps the sea.↗

elite — Everyday, meaning 1: The elite is a small group of people who are the best at something, or who have the most power, money or importance.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Elite (adjective) means the very best or of the highest level, as in elite athletes.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Sometimes «the elite» is used as a complaint about rich, powerful people who seem out of touch.↗ Example: Only elite athletes can run that fast.↗ · The elite squad trained every day.↗ · She joined the elite group of chess players at the club.↗ · Some people say the elite do not understand ordinary families.↗ · The country's elite went to the same old schools.↗ · Elite gymnasts start training very young.↗

elixir — Everyday, meaning 1: A magic drink said to cure all illness or give long life.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A sweet liquid medicine.↗ Example: He hoped to find the Elixir of Life.↗ · The wizard poured a golden elixir into the cup.↗ · My grandma takes a cough elixir.↗

elizabethan — Everyday, meaning 1: Belonging to the time of Queen Elizabeth I of England, or in the style of that time.↗ Example: The old play is Elizabethan in style.↗ · Some plays from that time are called Elizabethan drama.↗ · I modernised the spelling of the Elizabethan tale.↗

elk — Everyday, meaning 1: In Britain and Europe: the largest kind of deer, with huge flat antlers and a long face; the same animal is called a moose in North America.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In North America: a large deer with branching antlers, also called a wapiti, smaller than a moose.↗ Example: An elk stepped out onto the road in front of us.↗ · Elk eat grass, leaves and bark.↗ · The male elk has large antlers.↗ · We heard the elk bugling in the autumn forest.↗ · In Sweden, signs warn drivers about elk.↗ · A herd of elk grazed by the river.↗

ell — Everyday, meaning 1: The name of the letter L.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An old measure of length, about the length of an arm, used for cloth (in England about 45 inches, a little over a metre).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (USA) An extension of a building at a right angle, making an L shape.↗ Example: The merchant sold three ells of cloth.↗ · An ell was about the length of a man's arm.↗ · «Give them an inch and they'll take an ell,» said Granny.↗ · The farmhouse has an ell at the back.↗ · Write a small ell and a capital ell.↗ · As they came nearer they could see it was a dwarf, with a shrivelled-up face and a snow-white beard an ell long.↗

ellipsis — Everyday, meaning 1: The punctuation mark of three dots (…) that shows words are missing or that a sentence trails off.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (grammar) Leaving out words that are understood, as in «I can swim and so can Tom» (swim is left out).↗ Example: She opened the box and saw… nothing!↗ · Use an ellipsis to make the reader wait.↗ · «Well…↗ I'm not sure,» said Max.↗ · The writer used an ellipsis to leave out part of the quote.↗ · Don't put four dots — an ellipsis has three.↗ · «Want some?»↗ «Yes, please» is an example of ellipsis.↗

elliptical — Everyday, meaning 1: (maths) Shaped like an ellipse, a stretched circle or oval, as in «an elliptical orbit».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (language) Leaving out words that the listener can guess, as in «Coming?» instead of «Are you coming?».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Said in a way that is hard to understand because it is not direct.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (US, noun) An exercise machine where you move your legs in an oval path.↗ Example: Earth travels around the Sun in an elliptical orbit.↗ · The running track is elliptical.↗ · We drew an elliptical shape using two pins and a loop of string.↗ · «Ready?» is an elliptical way of saying «Are you ready?»↗ · His answer was so elliptical that no one understood it.↗ · Mum uses the elliptical at the gym.↗

elm — Everyday, meaning 1: An elm is a tall tree with rough, oval leaves with jagged edges.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Elm is the hard wood from this tree.↗ Example: A tall elm stood beside the church.↗ · Elm leaves have jagged edges and uneven bases.↗ · Many elm trees died from Dutch elm disease.↗ · The chair was made of elm.↗ · Squirrels ran up the old elm.↗ · We collected elm seeds, which are flat and round.↗ · The street was once lined with elms.↗

elongate — Everyday, meaning 1: To make something longer, or to become longer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: elongated (adjective): long and thin, longer than usual.↗ Example: Our shadows elongate as the sun goes down.↗ · A giraffe has an elongated neck.↗ · The cell elongates before it splits.↗ · The artist painted elongated faces.↗ · Stretch the dough to elongate it.↗ · An ellipse is like an elongated circle.↗

elongated — Everyday, meaning 1: Longer and thinner than usual; stretched out.↗ Example: A worm has a long, elongated body.↗ · The evening sun cast elongated shadows across the field.↗ · An oval is like an elongated circle.↗ · The giraffe's elongated neck helps it reach high leaves.↗ · Some cells are elongated, like long threads.↗ · The mirror made our faces look elongated and funny.↗

elongation — Everyday, meaning 1: Elongation is making something longer or becoming longer, by stretching or growing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Elongation is how much a material stretches before it breaks.↗ Example: The elongation of the elastic band showed how heavy the weight was.↗ · Plant stems show elongation as they reach for light.↗ · We measured the elongation of the spring in centimetres.↗ · The giraffe's neck is an example of elongation of bones.↗ · Heat can cause elongation of metal rails.↗ · Each extra weight caused more elongation.↗