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verb (past and past participle up·grad·ed, present participle up·grad·ing, 3rd person present singular up·grades) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb improve quality of something: to improve the quality, standard, or performance of something, especially by incorporating new advances
  upgrade a computer
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2. transitive and intransitive verb exchange something for something better: to exchange something for another of better quality
upgrade a seat on a flight
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3. transitive verb human resources promote somebody: to promote somebody, or increase the status of somebody's job or position
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4. transitive verb agriculture improve livestock: to improve the quality of livestock by breeding with superior animals in order to introduce desirable traits into the offspring
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noun (plural up·grades) |
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1. improvement of something: an improvement in the quality or performance of something such as computer hardware or software
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2. something that improves: something that improves the performance or quality of something else, or something that has better performance or qualities
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3. travel move to better travel class: a move to a higher class of travel than that purchased
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4. upward slope: an upward slope or incline
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adjective |
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U.S. sloping upward: going or sloping uphill
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adverb |
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U.S. uphill: up an incline, slope, or hill
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| up·grad·a·ble adjective |
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