upgrade
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Synonyms & Antonyms for upgrade
Synonyms: Noun
acclivity, ascent, hill, rise, uphill, uprise
Synonyms: Verb
advance, elevate, promote, raise
Antonyms: Noun
declension, decline, declivity, descent, dip, downgrade, downhill, drop-off, fall, hang, hanging
Antonyms: Verb
abase, degrade, demote, downgrade, lower, reduce
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Examples of upgrade in a Sentence
Noun
a slight upgrade in the roadway The hotel offered us a room upgrade.Verb
This course will help you to upgrade your computer skills. They've upgraded the quality of their service. The city is upgrading the sewage treatment plant. The office is upgrading the telephone system. They upgraded the hotel to attract more business patrons. We were able to upgrade to first class. We had reserved a double room, but the hotel upgraded us to a suite.
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The upgrade is only available in English so far, and is also available for Android users. — Leah Asmelash And Saeed Ahmed, CNN, "Google Assistant launches on Waze so you can yell at your car about traffic," 11 June 2019 The upgrade came after a nearly 30-year reign held by the previous design. — Tyra Mcclung, courant.com, "West Hartford has a new town seal and logo," 10 June 2019 The upgrades will improve safety and decrease maintenance needs, department officials said. — Jennifer Whidden, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "After $100,000 and a year of repairs, Waukesha County's School Section Lake is open again," 7 June 2019 The upgrades are part of a nationwide project to improve tracks in places like New York and Chicago. — Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, "Amtrak upgrades underway between Baltimore and Washington D.C.," 3 June 2019 Just shop the picks from Walmart's MoDRN home collection below to find the best dining room upgrades based on your décor preferences. — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, "12 Items That'll Make You Want to Eat in Your Dining Room Again," 21 May 2019 For $130 more, the Redux 2 upgrades you from mechanical to hydraulic disc brakes and a 9-speed drivetrain. — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, "The Best Road Bikes for Every Cyclist," 8 May 2019 The upgrades were done with 600 kW turbine replacement equipment. — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "Offshore, Act Two: New owner repowers 20-year-old wind farm off Swedish coast," 30 Dec. 2018 The base price of the Summit teardrop is $21,500, and additional upgrades include a power or solar package, cargo racks, water tank, and custom exterior colors. — Megan Barber, Curbed, "Teardrop trailer features bunkbeds to sleep a family of 4," 23 Oct. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Among those costs: $27.9 million to replace and upgrade the mechanical and electrical systems. — Robert Higgs, cleveland.com, "Cuyahoga County to borrow up to $40.5M for arena, ball field upgrades and repairs, refinance another $40M in bonds," 11 June 2019 This may be a good time to learn a new skill or to study a subject that upgrades your resume. — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, "Horoscope for June 11, 2019: Taurus, be ready for sudden change of plan; Aquarius, time for work, not play," 11 June 2019 McDonald was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing and Filenko said more charges could be added or upgraded after the investigation is finished. — Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, "Police say man broke into Round Lake Park home with golf club and chased resident," 10 June 2019 Boeing has yet to complete a certification test flight and formally submit its software upgrade and training changes to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for approval. — NBC News, "American Airlines extends Boeing 737 MAX cancellations through Sept. 3," 9 June 2019 Leon liked that Cronin upgraded his defense and challenged his strategy. — Ben Bolch, latimes.com, "Mick Cronin’s determination fueled his coaching journey from Cincinnati to UCLA," 8 June 2019 In the suburbs, the Fox Valley Park District would receive $150,000 to build a dog park on the northeast side of Aurora and upgrade existing dog parks at the Stuart Sports Complex in Montgomery and at Lincoln Park in Aurora. — Ray Long, chicagotribune.com, "Inside Illinois lawmakers’ pork-barrel frenzy: Pickleball courts, dog parks and clout," 7 June 2019 Why hasn’t cutting the corporate tax rate to just twenty per cent prompted more companies to build new facilities and upgrade their information technology? — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, "Trump’s Top Economist Makes a Timely Exit," 4 June 2019 Crews are upgrading each intersection — most notably at Madison Street, Sunset Drive, Highway 59 and Highway X, all of which will have new traffic signals — along the bypass way. — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The $50 million West Waukesha Bypass project will (finally) be complete this fall, DOT says," 4 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'upgrade.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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