"downgrade" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdaʊnˌɡɹeɪd/ [noun], /ˌdaʊnˈɡɹeɪd/ [verb] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-downgrade.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-downgrade (verb).wav [Southern-England] Forms: downgrades [plural]
Rhymes: (verb) -eɪd Etymology: From down- + grade. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|down|grade}} down- + grade Head templates: {{en-noun}} downgrade (plural downgrades)
  1. A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
    Sense id: en-downgrade-en-noun-Dv68q2VL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English hybridisms, English terms prefixed with down- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 2 9 2 7 2 25 16 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 3 12 2 9 2 25 16 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 31 4 12 4 8 6 20 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with down-: 18 6 11 7 21 11 14 11
  2. A downhill gradient on a road or railway.
    Sense id: en-downgrade-en-noun-2WAIXyS-
  3. A reduction in quality; a descent towards an inferior state.
    Sense id: en-downgrade-en-noun-barRZrfY Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with down- Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 3 12 2 9 2 25 16 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with down-: 18 6 11 7 21 11 14 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: downgrade dance

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdaʊnˌɡɹeɪd/ [noun], /ˌdaʊnˈɡɹeɪd/ [verb] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-downgrade.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-downgrade (verb).wav [Southern-England] Forms: downgrades [present, singular, third-person], downgrading [participle, present], downgraded [participle, past], downgraded [past]
Rhymes: (verb) -eɪd Etymology: From down- + grade. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|down|grade}} down- + grade Head templates: {{en-verb}} downgrade (third-person singular simple present downgrades, present participle downgrading, simple past and past participle downgraded)
  1. To place lower in position. Translations (To place lower in position): понижавам (ponižavam) (Bulgarian), rétrograder (French), herabstufen (German), herunterstufen (German), υποβαθμίζω (ypovathmízo) (Greek), íosghrádaigh (Irish), понижа́ть (ponižátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пони́зить (ponízitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), degradar (Spanish), nedgradera (Swedish), nergradera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-downgrade-en-verb-QbNWs6kn Disambiguation of 'To place lower in position': 96 3 0 1 0
  2. To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.
    Sense id: en-downgrade-en-verb-wHCUKCI2 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with down- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with down-: 18 6 11 7 21 11 14 11
  3. (transitive) To disparage. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-downgrade-en-verb-v4ePuBiN Categories (other): English terms prefixed with down- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with down-: 18 6 11 7 21 11 14 11
  4. (meteorology) to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity. Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-downgrade-en-verb-vk3vKK3O Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with down- Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 3 12 2 9 2 25 16 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with down-: 18 6 11 7 21 11 14 11 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  5. (computing) To revert software back to an older version. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-downgrade-en-verb-aAKjAwDK Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with down- Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 3 12 2 9 2 25 16 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with down-: 18 6 11 7 21 11 14 11 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: degrade, demote, defame, reduce, revert, ruin

Inflected forms

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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English hybridisms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with down-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd/2 syllables"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "down",
        "3": "grade"
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      "expansion": "down- + grade",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From down- + grade.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "downgrades",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "downgrading",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "downgraded",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "downgraded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "down‧grade"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "The stock was downgraded from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To place lower in position."
      ],
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          "place",
          "place#Verb"
        ],
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          "lower",
          "low#Adjective"
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          "position",
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        {
          "ref": "2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2020-08-06",
          "text": "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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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down."
      ],
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          "reduce"
        ],
        [
          "complexity",
          "complexity"
        ],
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          "remove",
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        [
          "unnecessary",
          "unnecessary"
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          "part#Noun"
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          "dumb down",
          "dumb down"
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        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1978 April 29, Cindy Rizzo, “Unity of Divergence”, in Gay Community News, page 4",
          "text": "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\".",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1981, King Royer, Construction Manager in the 80's, page 278",
          "text": "Without downgrading my friends in the Building Trades, driving a nail or sawing a board is relatively simple.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To disparage."
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          "disparage"
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        "(transitive) To disparage."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "en:Meteorology"
      ],
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        [
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          "meteorology"
        ],
        [
          "reduce",
          "reduce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To revert software back to an older version."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "revert",
          "revert"
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        "(computing) To revert software back to an older version."
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      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˌdaʊnˈɡɹeɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ]
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      "word": "degrade"
    },
    {
      "word": "demote"
    },
    {
      "word": "defame"
    },
    {
      "word": "reduce"
    },
    {
      "word": "revert"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruin"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ponižavam",
      "sense": "To place lower in position",
      "word": "понижавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To place lower in position",
      "word": "rétrograder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To place lower in position",
      "word": "herabstufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To place lower in position",
      "word": "herunterstufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypovathmízo",
      "sense": "To place lower in position",
      "word": "υποβαθμίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "To place lower in position",
      "word": "íosghrádaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponižátʹ",
      "sense": "To place lower in position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "понижа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponízitʹ",
      "sense": "To place lower in position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пони́зить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To place lower in position",
      "word": "degradar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To place lower in position",
      "word": "nedgradera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To place lower in position",
      "word": "nergradera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "downgrade"
}

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