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superelevate

superelevate verb: to give a superelevation to (a railway track).

Verb

superelevate (third-person singular simple present superelevates, present participle superelevating, simple past and past participle superelevated)

  1. (transitive) To give a superelevation to (a railway track).

Forms of superelevate

third-person singular presentsuperelevates
present participlesuperelevating
past participlesuperelevated
pastsuperelevated

Origin of superelevate

From super- + elevate.

Questions about superelevate

What does superelevate mean?
Superelevate means to give a superelevation to (a railway track).
What part of speech is superelevate?
Superelevate is a verb.
What is the past tense of superelevate?
The past tense of superelevate is superelevated.

Words near superelevate in the dictionary

  1. superelegance
  2. superelegant
  3. superelement
  4. superelementary
  5. superelements
  6. superelevate
  7. superelevated
  8. superelevates
  9. superelevating
  10. superelevation
  11. superelevations

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