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upgradeupgrade /ˈʌpgreɪd, ˌʌpˈgreɪd/ ●●○ verb VERB TABLEupgrade |
| Present | I, you, we, they | upgrade | | he, she, it | upgrades | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | upgraded | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have upgraded | | he, she, it | has upgraded | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had upgraded | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will upgrade | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have upgraded |
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| Present | I | am upgrading | | he, she, it | is upgrading | | you, we, they | are upgrading | | Past | I, he, she, it | was upgrading | | you, we, they | were upgrading | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been upgrading | | he, she, it | has been upgrading | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been upgrading | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be upgrading | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been upgrading |
THESAURUS to become better, or to make something or yourself better► improve to become better, or to make something or yourself better: Let’s hope the weather improves before Saturday. The government hopes to improve relations with the West. ► make something better to change something so that it is better than it was before: Think about how you can make your report better, for example by adding a picture or graph. ► make progress (also progress) to continue to get better at doing something. Progress is more formal than make progress: Sebastien is making progress in his English class. Our experiments are progressing nicely. ► raise to make the standard or quality of something better than it was before: The new chef wants to raise the standard of food served in the restaurant. ► perfect formal to make something as close to perfect as possible: The only way to perfect your piano playing is to practice a lot. ► correct to fix something so that it works in the way that it should: He wears glasses to correct his vision. ► enhance to improve something by making a good quality in it even better: The old movies have been enhanced using computers so that the picture is clearer. ► enrich to improve something by adding new things, especially information or knowledge: The discovery of these new documents will enrich our understanding of what life was like in Ancient Egypt. ► upgrade to make a computer, machine, or piece of equipment better and more modern, sometimes by exchanging it for a new one: You will have to upgrade your computer if you want to use this software. ► advance formal if something advances scientific or technical knowledge, it makes it better: Her research will advance medical science. 1[intransitive, transitive] to improve a machine, system, building, etc., by buying new equipment or making the old parts better OPP downgrade: I’ve just upgraded my computer. The hotel has recently been refurbished and upgraded.► see thesaurus at improve2[intransitive, transitive] to give someone or be given a better seat on an airplane than the one originally paid for, or to get one OPP downgrade3upgrade your skills to learn new things about how to do a particular job4[transitive] to change the official description of something to put it at a higher level or rank OPP downgrade: upgrade somebody/something to something The government has upgraded the area to a national park.—upgrade /ˈʌpgreɪd/ noun [countable] |