Downgrade

Word DOWNGRADE
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Pronunciations /ˈdaʊnˌɡɹeɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Downgrade"

What do we mean by downgrade?

To lower the status, rank, or salary of. transitive verb

To minimize the importance, value, or reputation of. transitive verb

A descending slope, as in a road. noun

An act of downgrading, as in status, rank, or amount. noun

A decline, as in fortune, status, or condition. noun

A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating. noun

To place lower in position. verb

To 'dumb down', reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts. verb

To reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity. verb

To revert software back to an older version. verb

Rate lower; lower in value or esteem verb

The property possessed by a slope or surface that descends noun

A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.

A downhill gradient on a road or railway.

When user is annoyed with Windows Vista performance and he reinstalls Windows XP in order that would his computer work properly. Urban Dictionary

When you break your cellular devise and have to use your old one until you get an upgrade and can have another one for free. Urban Dictionary

Downgraded is when you had a great girl and then u downgraded and started dating a girl that wasn't as good as your last one Urban Dictionary

When someone goes from having something relitively good to something that is worse than the original. Often used with boyfriend/girlfriends. Urban Dictionary

The opposite of upgradation. A slang term for downgrading software or hardware, primarily used by off shore resources. Use is slowly gaining acceptance with international companies. Urban Dictionary

A player in the gaming world that will purposely let there rank go down to make other think there not as good as they really are. Urban Dictionary

Sienna menossi 👉🏼👉🏼 Erin Brown = downgrade Urban Dictionary

The Guy that your Ex GF ends up with, that helps you fully understand your true value, and instantly validates what you already knew.... that you were always way too good for her. You don’t dislike this guy, you love him from the second you see his completely absent, zero style....and his creepy, weathered, Opie like features. 90% of his wardrobe comes from either Bass Pro Shop or Cabelas. He dresses like he is, a Junior in high school, yet plays on a way too old man, weekend warrior, softball or OTL (on to losers) league. His passion and fire in life....is beer, beach, beer, and bro’s. He might combine 2 of them and do something as riveting and spicy as.......Bass Fishing. Also know as a Downgrade Bro, he has a bad flat bill surf hat, and way too worn, surf tank top, for every occasion. He sleeps in a hat, has sex in a hat, and showers in a hat. He is always making dumb goofy faces or stupid over exaggerated gestures in every pic. This helps off set the ugly, the age and sun weathering, and the severe lack of handsomeness and endowment. (Big lifted truck/small white dick) Chaaaa brahhh is part of his everyday vocabulary, and being a beach burnout local is his true specialty and prideful talent. Most likely listens to a lot of really bad white boy reggae....(Iration, Dirty Heads, Rome) Urban Dictionary

Leaving or otherwise cheating on your girl/guy/bootycall with a much less attractive/worthy person. Having a mature loving person always there for you and dissing them for a young naive useless girl without a clue. Leaving a guy with a job and his own place for a loser in jail or otherwise on probation living with his younger brother since his mother won't even take him in! Urban Dictionary

Someone who one might immediately become attached to and think about 24/7. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Downgrade

The word "downgrade" in example sentences

Is the Remington x-mark pro triggers a downgrade from the old remington triggers? ❋ Unknown (2009)

I just read Feldstein's address to the AEA conference, Jan-7-9, and must personally again downgrade Private Accounts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fitch Ratings downgraded Ireland's long-term foreign - and local-currency issuer default ratings to A+ from AA -, while keeping a negative outlook, which means a further downgrade is possible. ❋ Andrew J. Johnson (2010)

Fitch Ratings said Wednesday Portugal needs financial support and a "timely and credible" economic program from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to avoid a likely near-term downgrade to its credit rating. ❋ Andrea Tryphonides (2011)

He called the downgrade an "irresponsible move" that may "have spillover effects" such as higher borrowing costs for home buyers, credit-card holders, car buyers, and state and local governments. ❋ Siobhan Hughes (2011)

I should have guessed there was going to be a problem when I called to downgrade and said I wanted to downgrade from the Triple Play and the customer service rep said Okay we can do that for you. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The numbers will almost certainly reflect a downgrade from the steady growth scenario the officials envisioned in forecasts released in July. ❋ Neil Irwin (2010)

So the wealthy may have to downgrade from the Mercedes to the Lexus. ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to Alec Phillips, a Goldman Sachs political economist based in Washington, the increased momentum toward a deal "reduces the risk of the near-term downgrade of the U.S. sovereign rating." ❋ Damian Paletta (2011)

In a statement, an S&P spokesman said the firm had signaled in August that the tobacco bonds could face a near-term downgrade. ❋ Michael Corkery (2011)

Although this eased the threat of a near-term downgrade, the risk isn't ruled out in the medium term as reflected by the negative outlook on the rating, said Jim Reid, strategist at Deutsche Bank. ❋ Ishaq Siddiqi (2010)

After the WB's poor handling of both "Angel" and "Everwood", it's become obvious that the CW is a huge downgrade from the already shallow WB and UPN. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Many solution providers are seeing surging interest in downgrade rights, which Microsoft offers to business users of both Vista and Office, and which allow companies to use previous versions of Microsoft software. ❋ William "Papa" Meloney (2007)

Some of the banks that avoid a ratings downgrade could be slapped with a negative outlook, S&P said, as longer-term downgrade potential of up to two years could be a factor. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Meanwhile, for the professional warriors of the 3rd ID — these guys who like to blow things up — the downgrade is of course an unpleasant condition to endure, and no less painful for being self-imposed. ❋ Unknown (2001)

The downgrade is a temporary setback, likely to be overcome sometime in 2002, when the final peacekeeping mission in Kosovo is scheduled to end and the division will at last have time to retrain, and presumably to regain its armored battlefield skills. ❋ Unknown (2001)

However, a majority of analysts surveyed on Tuesday believe the plans for greater integration will fail to avert a near-term downgrade for France as they remain too vague. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A:Dude my [Vista] works 2 slow; can't even play [minesweeper] without lag... B:[Downgrade] it then, XP ftw! ❋ Urban K (2008)

Person 1: Dude! I dropped my phone in the toilet and it broke! Person 2: When's your next [upgrade]? Person 1: In like a year! Person 2: Dude, unless you want to buy a new phone for [full price] you're going to have to downgrade! Person 1: *cries on [person 2's] shoulder* ❋ A Sad Sad Person (2010)

You had me but you [DOWNGRADED] to her ❋ Boomerang (2017)

Guy 1: Dude [My car] is [in the shop] for a week. Guy 2: What are you driving now? Guy 1: [Saturn Vue] Guy 2: Downgrade!!! ❋ Novi (2005)

If there are any issues with the [upgradation], we will be able to perform a timely downgradation and [revert back] to the original [configuration]. ❋ Hairy Left (2009)

A: dude i was [playen] [DOA] and got my ass handed to be by a D+ [rank]. B: dude you fought a downgrader, samething happened to me. ❋ Xlostseraphx (2006)

remember when [brock] #[downgraded] to [erin]. ❋ Lolokhahahahah (2018)

1. Dude surfs up at the pier brahhhh, i saw your Ex’s, Downgrade Dude surfing the polluted turd break the other day [brahhh]! He looked older than her dad, it’s gross !!! 2. Hey are you still dating that one girl that never smiled, was super bitchy, and just read books in her room? (Person 2)......No my man, her lease was up. I Traded in and upgraded to a [sleeker], sportier, sexier model, she went with a serious Downgrade Dude. 3. Can I trade in my Lamborghini for that [Peugeot] over there? Or my Ferrari for that [Citron]?.....this would best describe my Gf with me, or her choice of a Downgrade Dude. ❋ GIRTHQUAKE72 (2019)

Did you see that [fat nasty] ass whore Danny got with and left his [sexy baby] mama for?! That dumbass is retarded! Talk about [downgrading relationships], that bitch is 3 times bigger then her! Dam she went from house in the burbs, to a couch in the basement in no time! ❋ ODC28 (2011)

Person A: I can't wait to get home and [obsess] over Daniel downgraded. [Person B]: Yeah! Daniel downgraded gives [my life] meaning ❋ J4w5 (2021)

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