upgrade

About 2.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An upward grade or slope.
2. noun An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.

   With my phone company, I get a free upgrade every twelve months if I keep topping up 10 pounds a month.

3. noun An improvement.

   The remarried couples among my friends often joke that their divorce and remarriage amounted to an upgrade.

4. verb To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.

   When you upgrade your standard of living, you become addicted to that standard of living.

5. verb To replace with something better.

   I had to upgrade my anti-virus software to protect my computer from the newer threats.

6. verb To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.

   They upgraded him to the latest model.

7. verb To improve in condition or status.

   She upgraded to a more successful husband.

8. verb 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.

Similar words

ascent rise climb elevate kick upstairs promote raise advance acclivity rising slope

Often followed by

the to their and your of its or from

Word family

upgradabilities upgradability upgradable upgradeabilities upgradeability upgradeable upgraded upgrades upgrading