verb

to get a particular reputation, position, or name

noun

the process of becoming more important or famous

verb

to make a person, business, or country bankrupt or very poor

verb

to make a person, country, or organization very poor

verb

to move to a higher level in your job or social position

noun

the process of moving to a higher level in your job or social position

if a young upper-class woman comes out, she formally becomes part of upper-class society by going to a special party or other social event for the first time

noun

a situation in which you suddenly have less status or fewer advantages than you had previously

verb

to come down to a lower level, especially a lower social level

verb

to take away the official status of an institution or organization, especially a church

noun

a sudden loss of power, status, or success

verb

to change to a different job or way of life, so that you have less money and responsibility but more satisfaction and happiness

adjective

moving to a lower social class and becoming poorer

verb

to improve the status or importance of someone or something

verb

to make someone officially a nobleman or noblewoman (=a member of the highest social class) as an honour

verb

to make someone richer

noun

someone’s defeat or loss of power

adjective, pronoun

used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now

noun

the process by which an area of a city where poor people live becomes an area where middle-class people live, as they buy the houses and repair them

verb

to make a person or country very poor

adjective

able to move easily from one job, social class, place etc to another

noun

the tendency to move between places, jobs, or social classes

to improve your social status, for example by getting a better job

a British spelling of pauperize

verb

to make someone extremely poor

adjective

used for describing a situation in which someone who has been very poor becomes very rich

noun

a situation in which you and another person exchange your activities or status

verb

to make someone lose all their money or power

verb

to spend time in conditions that you would not normally think were good enough for you

noun

someone who tries to move into a higher social class, especially by being friendly to people of that class. This word shows that you dislike people like this.

noun

the ability to move easily from a lower social class to a higher one

adjective, adverb

used for showing what someone used to be, for example what their job, status, or relationship was in the past

verb

to officially give someone or something a higher status

adjective

someone who is upwardly mobile moves into a higher social class by becoming richer and more successful

noun

if someone moves up or down in the world, they move to a higher or lower social class

verb

to change a place from a place for poor or working-class people to one that is very expensive and popular with yuppies

noun

noun

verb

noun

to improve your social status by educating yourself

used for describing a situation in which someone who has been very poor becomes very rich

to continue moving to more important or responsible positions in a company or organization

moving up or down in social class

a situation in which someone moves up/down in social class