move up

ascender

Alcanzar un puesto superior en el trabajo o pasar a un nivel más avanzado.

En inglés sencillo: To reach a higher position at work or a more advanced level.

• She wants to move up at work.
• He moved up to the senior team last year.
• How quickly can a new employee move up?

Cómo se usa: move up to something (She moved up to the senior class.); move up in something (He hopes to move up in the company.)

Sinónimos: advance, rise, get promoted

Expresiones frecuentes: move up quickly, move up a level, move up the ladder

adelantar

Cambiar la fecha o la hora prevista de un evento para que ocurra antes.

En inglés sencillo: To change the planned time of an event so it happens earlier.

• Can we move the meeting up?
• They moved our flight up by an hour.
• The wedding has been moved up to June.

Cómo se usa: move something up to a time/date (They moved the interview up to Monday.); move something up by an amount of time (We moved the deadline up by two days.)

Sinónimos: bring forward, reschedule earlier

Antónimos: put back, postpone

Expresiones frecuentes: move up something, move something up

ascender, promover

Dar a alguien un puesto superior o colocarlo en un grupo de nivel más avanzado.

En inglés sencillo: To give someone a higher position or put them in a more advanced group.

• They moved him up to the next class.
• The company will move her up to a management role.
• Can we move this player up to the first team?

Cómo se usa: move someone up to something (They moved her up to the senior team.)

Sinónimos: promote, advance

Antónimos: demote

Expresiones frecuentes: move up a player, move someone up

subir, elevar

Colocar algo en un lugar físicamente más alto.

En inglés sencillo: To put something in a physically higher position.

• Move the picture up a little.
• We moved the boxes up to the attic.
• Can you move that shelf up a few inches?

Cómo se usa: move something up to something (Move the box up to the top shelf.)

Sinónimos: raise, lift

Antónimos: lower

Expresiones frecuentes: move up something, move something up

correrse, hacerse a un lado

Cambiar de sitio al sentarse o estar de pie para dejar espacio a otra persona.

En inglés sencillo: To change where you are sitting or standing so someone else has space.

• Please move up so I can sit down.
• We moved up to make room for another passenger.
• Could you move up a little on the bench?

Sinónimos: move over, shift over

Expresiones frecuentes: move up a seat, move up a little

subir en la lista

Colocar a alguien o algo más cerca del principio de una lista o clasificación.

En inglés sencillo: To put someone or something closer to the top of a list or ranking.

• Move this task up the list.
• They moved our song up to third place on the chart.
• Should we move that candidate up the rankings?

Cómo se usa: move someone/something up the list (We moved her name up the list.)

Sinónimos: raise, rank higher

Antónimos: lower

Expresiones frecuentes: move up something, move someone up