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An upward grade or slope.
- The Worthens sighed with relief as the engine began its night of upgrade chugging.
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An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
- Near-synonym: option
- With my phone company, I get a free upgrade every twelve months if I keep topping up 10 pounds a month.
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An improvement.
- The remarried couples among my friends often joke that their divorce and remarriage amounted to an upgrade.
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To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.transitive
- When you upgrade your standard of living, you become addicted to that standard of living.
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To replace with something better.transitive
- I had to upgrade my anti-virus software to protect my computer from the newer threats.
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To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.transitive
- They upgraded him to the latest model.
- They were upgraded to first class.
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To improve in condition or status.intransitive
- She upgraded to a more successful husband.
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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.intransitivetransitive
- 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.
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Up a slope or grade.not-comparableusually
- Men fell out, worn-out, and there were sunstroke cases. It was an eight-mile march upgrade.
- Northbound trains originating near the Ohio River faced a 26-mile climb upgrade to Flushing.