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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall]
2: software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
3: a reservation that is improved; "I got an upgrade to first class when coach class was full"
4: the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises [syn: upgrade, rise, rising slope]
5: hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
6: 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" v
1: rate higher; raise in value or esteem [ant: downgrade]
2: to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"
3: 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" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate]
4: get better travel conditions; "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked"
5: give better travel conditions to; "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1873 1. an upward grade or slope 2. increase, rise 3. improvement 2b II. verb Date: 1901 transitive verb to raise or improve the grade of: as a. to improve (livestock) by use of purebred sires b. to advance to a job requiring a higher level of skill especially as part of a training program c. to raise the quality of d. to raise the classification and usually the price of without improving the quality e. to extend the usefulness of (as a device) f. to assign a less serious status to <upgraded the patient's condition to good> intransitive verb to improve or replace especially software or a device for increased usefulness • upgradability or upgradeability noun • upgradable or upgradeable adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 raise in rank etc. 2 improve (equipment, machinery, etc.) esp. by replacing components. --n. 1 the act or an instance of upgrading. 2 an upgraded piece of equipment etc. Phrases and idioms: on the upgrade 1 improving in health etc. 2 advancing, progressing. Derivatives: upgrader n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(upgraded) 1. If equipment or services are upgraded, they are improved or made more efficient. Helicopters have been upgraded and modernized... ...upgraded catering facilities. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed, also V • Upgrade is also a noun. ...equipment which needs expensive upgrades. ...upgrades in the level of security. N-COUNT: usu pl 2. If someone is upgraded, their job or status is changed so that they become more important or receive more money. He was upgraded to security guard. = promote ? downgrade VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to n 3. If you upgrade or are upgraded, you change something such as your air ticket or your hotel room to one that is more expensive. You can upgrade from self-catering accommodation to a hotel. VERB: V, also V n

Moby Thesaurus

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