downgrade
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downgrade
- /ˈdaʊnˌɡɹeɪd/
- /ˌdaʊnˈɡɹeɪd/
Rhymes with (verb) -eɪd
Where it comes from
From down- + grade.
noun downgrades
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A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
Opposite: upgrade
- A downhill gradient on a road or railway. [...] dynamic braking is fitted to the 99-ton, 55 ft.-long locomotives to help control these otherwise vacuum-braked trains on the long, continuous downgrades encountered on the coastal route.
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A reduction in quality; a descent towards an inferior state.
Near-synonyms: degradation, worsening, deterioration
Similar: degradation, worsening, deterioration
verb downgrades · downgrading · downgraded
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To place lower in position.
The stock was downgraded from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’.
Opposite: upgrade
- To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down. More significantly, rigid deference to [Justin] Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing.
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To disparage.
We cannot afford to downgrade the lifestyles of other lesbians; we cannot afford to portray lesbians thinly as drunken and bothersome separatists who push their views on "work-within-the-movement" dykes".
Similar: degrade, demote, defame, reduce, abase, bring down to size, cut down to size, debase, demean, depress, discredit, disgrace
- to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
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To revert software back to an older version.
Similar: restore, revert, roll back, deconvert, reconvert, rehabilitate, restitute
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: demotion, demote, reduce, minimize, devalue, lowering, degradation, degrade, reduction, decommissioning, decommission, declassification, lower, retreat, spoil, subordination
Translations
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noun Translations
| Español | desmejora, desmejoramiento, degradación, empeoramiento |
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verb To place lower in position
| Español | degradar, desmejorar, empeorar, retrogradar |
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| Français | rétrograder |
| Deutsch | herabstufen, herunterstufen |
| Ελληνικά | υποβαθμίζω ypovathmízo |
| Русский | понижа́ть ponižátʹ, пони́зить ponízitʹ |
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title = {downgrade},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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