different between elevated vs famous

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?ve?t?d/
• Hyphenation: el?e?vated

Verb

elevated

1. simple past tense and past participle of elevate

Adjective

elevated (comparative more elevated, superlative most elevated)

1. Raised, particularly above ground level.
2. Increased, particularly above a normal level.

   the elevated language of poetry

3. Of a higher rank or status.
4. (computing) Running with administration rights granted

   Install all the required tools from an elevated console.

5. (archaic, slang) intoxicated; drunk

Translations

Noun

elevated (plural elevateds)

1. (US) An elevated railway.
   • 1934, Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man, New York: Knopf, Chapter 16,^[1]

     Mr. Nunheim’s home was on the fourth floor of a dark, damp, and smelly building made noisy by the Sixth Avenue elevated.

   • 2012, Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York

     While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable.

English

Etymology

From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin f?m?sus. Displaced native Old English hl?sful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fe?m?s/
• Rhymes: -e?m?s
• UK: fam?ous; US: fa?mous

Adjective

famous (comparative more famous, superlative most famous)

1. Well known.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:famous

2. In the public eye.

Derived terms

• famousest
• famously
• famousness
• infamous
• infamously
• infamousness
• nonfamous
• nonfamousness

Related terms

• fame
• famous last words

Translations

Verb

famous (third-person singular simple present famouses, present participle famousing, simple past and past participle famoused)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make famous; to bring renown to.