upgrade
🇺🇸
/ˌʌpˈɡreɪd/
🇬🇧
/ˌʌpˈɡreɪd/
verb
C1
to make a machine or system better and more powerful
You can upgrade your phone to get new features.
C1
to improve a building or area to make it better
The city will upgrade the park with new benches and lights.
R
to get a better seat or room than what you paid for
They gave us a free upgrade to a better hotel room.
R
to give someone a more important job
The company decided to upgrade her to manager.
noun
C1
a new, better version of a machine or system
The software upgrade makes the computer faster.
R
improvements made to a building or area
The school needs an upgrade to fix the old classrooms.
R
a better seat or room than what you paid for
We got a free upgrade to first class on our flight.
translation
to make a machine or system better and more powerful; to improve a building or area to make it better; to get a better seat or room than what you paid for; to give someone a more important job
a new, better version of a machine or system; improvements made to a building or area; a better seat or room than what you paid for
Word Forms
3rd Present
upgrades
Past
upgraded
Perfect
upgraded
Progressive
upgrading
Plural
upgrades