Word: upgraded
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: up
gra
ded
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of upgrade; hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
Morphemes:
Affix: up-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used to indicate increase.
Affix: grade
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To assign a score to overall academic performance.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: gradus
Language: la
Decoded: gradus
Meaning: a step, pace, a step in a ladder or stair, a station, position, degree
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An empty suffix, perhaps derived from the past-tense suffix above, added in some dialects to the present tense forms of some words which then add an additional -ed in the past tense.