upgrade

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

upgrades

Adverb

Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Comparative

further upgrade

Superlative

furthest upgrade

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

upgrade

past (v2)

upgraded

past participle (v3)

upgraded

present participle

upgrading

3rd person singular

upgrades

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.An upward grade or slope.

   • The Worthens sighed with relief as the engine began its night of upgrade chugging.

2. 2.An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.

   • The three dots next to each gadget show how many upgrades have been purchased.
   • With my phone company, I get a free upgrade every twelve months if I keep topping up 10 pounds a month.

3. 3.An improvement.

   • The remarried couples among my friends often joke that their divorce and remarriage amounted to an upgrade.
   • "When we're finished in 2024, this upgrade programme will provide a much-improved railway between London Waterloo and Portsmouth," said NR's Wessex Route Director Mark Killick.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

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

   • When you upgrade your standard of living, you become addicted to that standard of living.

2. 2.To replace with something better.

   • I had to upgrade my anti-virus software to protect my computer from the newer threats.

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

   • They were upgraded to first class.
   • They upgraded him to the latest model.
   • From the builder's standpoint, the name of the game is to upgrade you to the maximum you can qualify for.

4. 4.To improve in condition or status.

   • She upgraded to a more successful husband.

Adverb

Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

1. 1.Up a slope or grade.

   • I did that and saw we had to go upgrade a long ways.
   • From there it was an eight-mile pull upgrade to the mountain top.
   • Men fell out, worn-out, and there were sunstroke cases. It was an eight-mile march upgrade.

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