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uplift

/ʌpˈlɪft/verb, noun

uplift is spelled U-P-L-I-F-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, uplift means “To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual, or emotional level” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in uplift?

Letters6: U-P-L-I-F-T
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is uplift?

Uplift appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce uplift?

  • /ʌpˈlɪft/
  • /ˈʌp.lɪft/

Uplift has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ncalif-uplift.ogg, En-au-uplift.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of uplift

  • uplifts present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • uplifting participle, present
  • uplifted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does uplift mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual, or emotional level.

  2. 2

    To raise (a nonsentient species) into sentience.

  3. 3

    To aggravate; to increase.

  4. 4

    To be accepted for carriage on a flight.

  5. 5

    To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.

  6. 6

    AustraliaTo remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession.

  7. 7

    To backport.

  8. 8

    To pick up; take possession of.

noun

  1. 1

    The act or result of uplifting (in various senses).

  2. 2

    A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.

  3. 3

    The picking up and loading of goods to be transported by a mover.

  4. 4

    colloquialA brassiere that raises the breasts.

  5. 5

    An increase in a fine or penalty due to aggravating circumstances.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Uplift in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchélever, transcender, promouvoir, exalter (to raise something or someone to a higher level), soulèvement (tectonic upheaval), balconnet (brassiere that raises the breasts)
Portugueseelevar (to raise something or someone to a higher level), sublevação (tectonic upheaval)
Spanishelevar, alzar, trascender, exaltar, ensalzar (to raise something or someone to a higher level), levantamiento (tectonic upheaval)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does uplift come from?

From up- + lift.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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