upgrade

English Online Dictionary. What means upgrade‎? What does upgrade mean?

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ grade.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈʌp.ɡɹeɪd/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /əpˈɡɹeɪd/, /ˈʌp.ɡɹeɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

upgrade (plural upgrades)

1. An upward grade or slope.

   Antonym: downgrade

   Hypernyms: grade, gradient, slope
2. An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.

   Antonym: downgrade

   Near-synonym: option

3. An improvement.

   Antonyms: downgrade, step back

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See also

References

• upgrade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

upgrade (third-person singular simple present upgrades, present participle upgrading, simple past and past participle upgraded)

1. (transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.

   Antonym: downgrade

2. (transitive) To replace with something better.

   Antonym: downgrade

3. (transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.

   Antonym: downgrade
4. (intransitive) To improve in condition or status.

   Antonym: downgrade

5. (intransitive, transitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.

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Adverb

upgrade (not comparable)

1. Up a slope or grade.

Further reading

• “upgrade”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “upgrade”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• guepard

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʏp.ɡrɛi̯t/

Verb

upgrade

1. inflection of upgraden:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative
   4. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive

Polish

Alternative forms

• apgrejd

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English upgrade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈab.ɡrɛjt/
• Rhymes: -abɡrɛjt
• Syllabification: up‧grade

Noun

upgrade m inan

1. (colloquial, computer science) upgrade (modernisation of technology)

   Synonym: aktualizacja

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• upgrade in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English upgrade.

Pronunciation

Noun

upgrade m (plural upgrades)

1. (colloquial) an upgrade

References

• "Upgrade" in Dicionário Informal