HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of UPGRADE products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | ahpgrey'd; ah'pgrey'd |
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| Rhymes | accolade, ade, Adelaide, and 88 more rhymes in eyd... |
| Meaning | An upward slope or grade (as in a road). |
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| Synonyms | ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb |
| Contrary | descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope |
| Broader | slope, incline, side |
| Narrower | uphill |
| Meaning | Software that provides better performance than an earlier version did. |
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| Broader | software, software program, computer software, software system, software package, package |
| Verbs | upgrade |
| Meaning | A reservation that is improved. |
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| Examples | "I got an upgrade to first class when coach class was full" |
| Broader | reservation |
| Verbs | upgrade; upgrade |
| Meaning | The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises. |
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| Synonyms | rise, rising slope |
| Broader | grade |
| Meaning | Hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did. |
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| Broader | hardware, computer hardware |
| Verbs | upgrade |
| Meaning | The act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components). |
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| Examples | "the power plant received a new upgrade" |
| Broader | improvement |
| Meaning | Rate higher. Raise in value or esteem. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Contrary | downgrade |
| Broader | rate, rank, range, order, grade, place |
| Meaning | To improve what was old or outdated. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel" |
| Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate |
| Nouns | upgrade; upgrade |
| Meaning | Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | promote, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate |
| Contrary | demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs |
| Broader | delegate, designate, depute, assign |
| Narrower | tenure; bring up; spot promote; ennoble, gentle, entitle; prefer, favor, favour; brevet |
| Meaning | Get better travel conditions. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked" |
| Similar to | upgrade |
| Broader | better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate |
| Nouns | upgrade |
| Meaning | Give better travel conditions to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full" |
| Similar to | upgrade |
| Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate |
| Nouns | upgrade |
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