raise to preferment
1raise — Synonyms and related words: Olympian heights, abandon, abet, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, acculturate, accumulate, accumulation, acme, add to, addition, advance, advancement, aerial heights, agglomerate, aggrandize,… …
2preferment — Synonyms and related words: Great Leap Forward, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, amelioration, amendment, apostolic orders, appointment, ascent, bettering, betterment, boost, calling, canonization, conferment, consecration, election,… …
3preferment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. promotion, advancement. See improvement. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Promotion] Syn. elevation, raise, advancement; see promotion 1 . 2. [Priority] Syn. attention, precedence, station; see rank 3 …
4preferment — pre fer·ment || prɪ fÉœrmÉ™nt / fÉœËr n. raise in rank; promotion; appointment, nomination; preference, fondness, affinity …
5preferment — n 1. choice, selection, favorite. See preference(def. 1). 2. promotion, advancement, elevation, raise; furtherance, betterment, improvement …
6advance — I. v. a. 1. Push, send, or set forward or onward, propel, bring forward, move toward the front. 2. Promote, aggrandize, exalt, elevate, dignify, raise to preferment, raise to higher rank. 3. Forward, further, promote, improve, strengthen, benefit …
7graduation — Synonyms and related words: advance, advancement, aggrandizement, baccalaureate service, boost, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, commencement, convocation, elevation, empty formality, ennoblement, exaltation, exercise, exercises, formal,… …
8List of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament, 1660 to 1699 — This is a list of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament during that body s existence prior to the Act of Union of 1707. For legislation passed after that date see List of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament.The numbers… …
9Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
