upgrade — ▪ I. upgrade up‧grade 1 [ˌʌpˈgreɪd] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] COMPUTING MANUFACTURING to make a computer, machine, program etc better and able to do more things: • There are several things to consider when it comes to upgrading computer… … Financial and business terms
upgrade — up|grade1 [ ʌp,greıd ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make a computer or other machine more powerful or effective: The system has been upgraded to meet customers needs. upgrade to: You ll need to upgrade to 128Mb RAM to run these… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
upgrade — (n.) 1873, upward slope, from UP (Cf. up) + GRADE (Cf. grade). The meaning upgraded version is recorded from 1980; the verb in this sense is attested from 1920 (implied in upgrading) … Etymology dictionary
upgrade — /apˈɡre(i)d, ingl. ʌpˈɡreɪd/ [vc. ingl., dal v. to upgrade «far salire (up «sopra») di grado (grade)»] s. m. inv. (elab.) aggiornamento □ miglioramento … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
grade — [n1] rank, step brand, caliber, category, class, classification, condition, degree, division, echelon, estate, form, gradation, group, grouping, league, level, mark, notch, order, pigeonhole*, place, position, quality, rung*, size, stage,… … New thesaurus
grade n — upgrade n, degraded adj … English expressions
Grade (slope) — d = run Δh = rise l = slope length α = angle of inclination This article is for the grade of a topographic feature or constructed element, for other uses see: Slope (disambiguation) The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, pitch or rise)… … Wikipedia
upgrade — upgradable, upgradeable, adj. upgradability, upgradeability, n. upgrader, n. n. /up grayd /; adj., adv. /up grayd /; v. /up grayd , up grayd /, n., adj., adv., v., upgraded, upgrading. n. 1. an incline going up in the direction of movement. 2. an … Universalium
Upgrade — Softwareaktualisierung; Update; verbesserte Version * * * Up|grade 〈[ ʌ̣pgrɛıd] n. 15〉 1. 〈EDV〉 verbesserte, leistungsfähigere Version eines Produkts (bes. eines Computerprogramms) 2. 〈allg.〉 Verbesserung, Hochstufung ● ein Upgrade auf einem PC… … Universal-Lexikon
upgrade — up|grade [ʌpˈgreıd] v 1.) [I and T] to make a computer, machine, or piece of software better and able to do more things upgrade (sth) to sth ▪ You ll need to upgrade your hard drive to 4Mb before running this software. 2.) [T] to improve… … Dictionary of contemporary English
upgrade — up•grade n. [[t]ˈʌpˌgreɪd[/t]] adj., adv. [[t]ˈʌpˈgreɪd[/t]] v. [[t]ʌpˈgreɪd, ˈʌpˌgreɪd[/t]] n. adj. adv. v. grad•ed, grad•ing 1) cvb an upward incline or slope 2) cvb an increase or improvement: an upgrade in production[/ex] 3) cvb an enhanced… … From formal English to slang
