Definition of upgrade
(Entry 1 of 2)
upgrade
verb
upgraded; upgrading; upgrades
Definition of upgrade (Entry 2 of 2)
: to raise or improve the grade of: such 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 (something, such as a device)
f
: to assign a less serious status to
upgraded the patient's condition to good
: to replace something (such as software or an electronic device) with a more useful version or alternative
Upgrading to a new operating system can make people anxious, even under the best of circumstances. — Macworld
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The first known use of upgrade was in 1873
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