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Upgrade   /əpgrˈeɪd/  /ˈəpgrˈeɪd/   Listen
Upgrade

verb
1.
Rate higher; raise in value or esteem.  Antonym: downgrade.
2.
To improve what was old or outdated.  "The company upgraded their personnel"
3.
Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.  Synonyms: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise.  "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms" , "I got promoted after many years of hard work"  Antonym: demote.
4.
Get better travel conditions.
5.
Give better travel conditions to.
noun
1.
An upward slope or grade (as in a road).  Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise.  Antonym: descent.
2.
Software that provides better performance than an earlier version did.
3.
A reservation that is improved.
4.
The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises.  Synonyms: rise, rising slope.
5.
Hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did.
6.
The act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components).





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"Upgrade" Quotes from Famous Books



... exports. The country is not self-sufficient in food production; rice, the main staple, accounts for the bulk of imports. The government - which is hampered by internal political disputes - is struggling to upgrade education and technical training, privatize commercial and industrial enterprises, improve health services, diversify exports, promote tourism, and reduce the high population growth rate. Increased foreign support is essential if the goal of 4% annual GDP growth is to be met. ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States
... right, and soon the long line of freight cars hove into sight around a bend and on an upgrade. Far in the distance they beheld Caven and Malone scooting for the train ...
— Joe The Hotel Boy • Horatio Alger Jr.


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