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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun upgrade has 6 senses

• upgrade(n = noun.object) acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise - an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
is a kind of incline, side, slope
has particulars: uphill

• upgrade(n = noun.communication) Array - software that provides better performance than an earlier version did; Array
is a kind of computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system
Derived form verb upgrade₂

• upgrade(n = noun.cognition) Array - a reservation that is improved; "I got an upgrade to first class when coach class was full"
is a kind of reservation
Derived forms verb upgrade₅, verb upgrade₄

• upgrade(n = noun.attribute) rise, rising slope - the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises; Array
is a kind of grade

• upgrade(n = noun.artifact) Array - hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did; Array
is a kind of computer hardware, hardware
Derived form verb upgrade₂

• upgrade(n = noun.act) Array - the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components); "the power plant received a new upgrade"
is a kind of improvement

Verb upgrade has 5 senses

• upgrade(v = verb.cognition) Array - rate higher; raise in value or esteem; Array
is one way to grade, order, place, range, rank, rate
Antonym: downgrade
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• upgrade(v = verb.change) Array - to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"
is one way to ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
Derived forms noun upgrade₅, noun upgrade₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• upgrade(v = verb.social) advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
is one way to assign, delegate, depute, designate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• upgrade(v = verb.change) Array - get better travel conditions; "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked"
is one way to ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate
Derived form noun upgrade₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• upgrade(v = verb.change) Array - give better travel conditions to; "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full"
is one way to ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
Derived form noun upgrade₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

upgrade

abruptness, acclinate, acclivitous, acclivity, acculturate, advance, aggrandize, ameliorate, amend, anabasis, anabatic, ascendant, ascending, ascension, ascensional, ascensive, ascent, aslant, aslantwise, aslope, at a slant, atilt, better, boost, breakthrough, bring forward, civilize, clamber, climb, climbing, downgrade, downhill, edify, educate, elevate, elevation, emend, enhance, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, escalade, exalt, fatten, favor, forward, foster, fountain, go straight, graduate, gush, gyring up, hike, improve, improve upon, in the ascendant, increase, jet, jump, kick upstairs, knight, lard, leap, leaping, levitation, lift, make an improvement, meliorate, mend, mount, mounting, nurture, off plumb, pass, precipitousness, prefer, promote, raise, rakingly, rampant, rearing, refine upon, reform, rise, rising, rising ground, rocketing up, saltation, saltatory, scandent, scansorial, shooting up, skyrocketing, slantingly, slantways, slantwise, slaunchways, slopeways, slopingly, soaring, socialize, spiraling, spout, spring, springing, spurt, steepness, straighten out, surge, takeoff, taking off, tipsily, transfigure, transform, up, uparching, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrowth, uphill, uphillward, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsloping, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, upward, upwith, vault, verticalness, wax, zooming

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