noun
Meaning 1
A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: upgrade
Standard Lemma guide
downgrade
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A downhill gradient on a road or railway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A reduction in quality; a descent towards an inferior state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: degradation, worsening, deterioration
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: degradation, worsening, deterioration
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To place lower in position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The stock was downgraded from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: upgrade
verb
Meaning 5
To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To disparage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: degrade, demote, defame, reduce, abase, bring down to size, cut down to size, debase, demean, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonour, disparage, downgrade, embase, give a bad name, humble, humiliate, knock down to size, put someone in their place, relegate, sink, slur, trim down to size, whittle down to size
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To revert software back to an older version.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: restore, revert, roll back, deconvert, reconvert, rehabilitate, restitute
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grade
verb
Meaning 10
rate lower; lower in value or esteem
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: upgrade
Broader terms: rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
History
Etymology
From down- + grade.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: degradacja — Translations
- Polish: upadek — Translations
- Spanish: desmejora — Translations
- Spanish: desmejoramiento — Translations
- Spanish: degradación — Translations
- Spanish: empeoramiento — Translations
- Bulgarian: понижавам (ponižavam) — To place lower in position
- French: rétrograder — To place lower in position
- German: herabstufen — To place lower in position
- German: herunterstufen — To place lower in position
- Greek: υποβαθμίζω (ypovathmízo) — To place lower in position
- Irish: íosghrádaigh — To place lower in position
- Polish: degradować — To place lower in position
- Polish: zdegradować — To place lower in position
- Russian: понижа́ть (ponižátʹ) — To place lower in position
- Russian: пони́зить (ponízitʹ) — To place lower in position
- Spanish: degradar — To place lower in position
- Spanish: desmejorar — To place lower in position
- Spanish: empeorar — To place lower in position
- Spanish: retrogradar — To place lower in position
- Swedish: nedgradera — To place lower in position
- Swedish: nergradera — To place lower in position