verb [VN] [oftenpassive]
1 to make a piece of machinery, computer system, etc. more powerful and efficient
2 ~ sb (to sth) to give sb a more important job
SYNPROMOTE
3 ~ sb (to sth) to give sb a better seat on a plane, room in a hotel, etc. than the one that they have paid for:
On the flight back, we were upgraded to business class.
4 to improve the condition of a building, etc. in order to provide a better service:
The money will enable us to upgrade the town's leisure facilities. * The towpath was upgraded for use by cyclists.
compareDOWNGRADE
upgrade noun:
instructions for installing an upgrade to the existing system * Frequent flyers qualify for a free upgrade.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for upgrade is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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