# upgrade
## English

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### Etymology

From up- +‎ grade.

### Pronunciation

* (noun) IPA: /ˈʌp.ɡɹeɪd/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (verb) IPA: /əpˈɡɹeɪd/, /ˈʌp.ɡɹeɪd/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪd

### Noun

upgrade (plural upgrades)
* An upward grade or slope.
    Antonym: downgrade
    Hypernyms: grade, gradient, slope
** 1931, Journal of the Outdoor Life‎, volume 28, page 303:The Worthens sighed with relief as the engine began its night of upgrade chugging.
* An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
    Antonym: downgrade
    Near-synonym: option
    With my phone company, I get a free upgrade every twelve months if I keep topping up 10 pounds a month.
* An improvement.
    Antonyms: downgrade, step back
    The remarried couples among my friends often joke that their divorce and remarriage amounted to an upgrade.
** 2022 January 12, “Network News: Portsmouth line upgrade set to begin”, in RAIL, number 948, page 12:"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.

#### See also

* upcharge
* upmarket
* upscale

#### References

* upgrade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Verb

upgrade (third-person singular simple present upgrades, present participle upgrading, simple past and past participle upgraded)
* (transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
    Antonym: downgrade
    When you upgrade your standard of living, you become addicted to that standard of living.
* (transitive) To replace with something better.
    Antonym: downgrade
    I had to upgrade my anti-virus software to protect my computer from the newer threats.
* (transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.
    Antonym: downgrade
    They upgraded him to the latest model.
    They were upgraded to first class.
** 2014, Sid Davis, A Survival Guide for Buying a Home - Page 80‎:From the builder's standpoint, the name of the game is to upgrade you to the maximum you can qualify for.
** 2019 October, “South Wales open access bid”, in Modern Railways, page 15:Calls at Cardiff Parkway are proposed once this station opens, with investment promised to upgrade station facilities at Severn Tunnel Junction.
** 2022 December 14, “Network News: Fawley branch line reopening supported by 80% of locals”, in RAIL, number 972, page 20:Several level crossings would have to be upgraded, with the existing track re-laid to allow a line speed of 60mph.
* (intransitive) To improve in condition or status.
    Antonym: downgrade
    She upgraded to a more successful husband.
* (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.
    She waited a long time to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11, hoping the worst bugs would be worked out before she took the plunge.
    She waited a long time to upgrade Windows, hoping the worst bugs would be worked out before she took the plunge.

#### Translations

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#### See also

* step up
* upcharge
* update

### Adverb

upgrade (not comparable)
* Up a slope or grade.
** 1955, Carl Sandburg, Prairie-town boy‎, page 173:Men fell out, worn-out, and there were sunstroke cases. It was an eight-mile march upgrade.
** 2009, Craig Sanders, Canton Area Railroads‎, page 66:Northbound trains originating near the Ohio River faced a 26-mile climb upgrade to Flushing.
** 2010, Elliott Merrick, True North: A Journey Into Unexplored Wilderness‎, page 167:From there it was an eight-mile pull upgrade to the mountain top.
** 2013, Marty Metras, Walking the Walk, Camino de Santiago 2012‎, page 16:I did that and saw we had to go upgrade a long ways.
** 2020 December 16, David Clough, “Class 37s at 60: the great survivors”, in Rail, page 55, photo caption:[...] 37905 hauls the 1,400-tonne 0730 Mossend-Margam upgrade from Shrewsbury, mainly at 1-in-100, through Church Stretton at around 25mph on May 13 1989.

### 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: /ˈʏp.ɡrɛi̯t/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

upgrade
* inflection of upgraden:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative
** (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* apgrejd

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English upgrade.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈab.ɡrɛjt/
* Rhymes: -abɡrɛjt
* Syllabification: up‧grade

### Noun

upgrade m inan
* (colloquial, computer science) upgrade (modernisation of technology)
    Synonym: aktualizacja

#### Related terms

* upgradowany
* upgradować impf

### Further reading

* upgrade in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English upgrade.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.piˈɡɾej.d͡ʒi/ [a.piˈɡɾeɪ̯.d͡ʒi], /apˈɡɾejd͡ʒ/ [apˈɡɾeɪ̯d͡ʒ], /u.piˈɡɾej.d͡ʒi/ [u.piˈɡɾeɪ̯.d͡ʒi], /upˈɡɾejd͡ʒ/ [upˈɡɾeɪ̯d͡ʒ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.piˈɡɾej.d͡ʒi/ [a.piˈɡɾeɪ̯.d͡ʒi], /apˈɡɾejd͡ʒ/ [apˈɡɾeɪ̯d͡ʒ], /u.piˈɡɾej.d͡ʒi/ [u.piˈɡɾeɪ̯.d͡ʒi], /upˈɡɾejd͡ʒ/ [upˈɡɾeɪ̯d͡ʒ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /apˈɡɾejd͡ʒ/ [apˈɡɾeɪ̯d͡ʒ], /a.piˈɡɾej.d͡ʒi/ [a.piˈɡɾeɪ̯.d͡ʒi], /upˈɡɾejd͡ʒ/ [upˈɡɾeɪ̯d͡ʒ], /u.piˈɡɾej.d͡ʒi/ [u.piˈɡɾeɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
* (Portugal) IPA: /aˈpɡɾɐjd/ [aˈpɣɾɐjð], /uˈpɡɾɐjd/ [uˈpɣɾɐjð]
* (Portugal) IPA: /aˈpɡɾɐjd/ [aˈpɣɾɐjð], /uˈpɡɾɐjd/ [uˈpɣɾɐjð]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /aˈpɡɾejd/ [aˈpɣɾejð], /uˈpɡɾejd/ [uˈpɣɾejð]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /aˈpɡɾejd/ [aˈpɣɾejð], /uˈpɡɾejd/ [uˈpɣɾejð]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /aˈpɡɾed/ [aˈpɣɾeð], /uˈpɡɾed/ [uˈpɣɾeð]

### Noun

upgrade m (plural upgrades)
* (colloquial) an upgrade

### References

* "Upgrade" in Dicionário Informal