to downgrade
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4.9
- verb
- /ˈdaʊnˌɡreɪd/
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- Jared Kushner has had his security clearance downgraded from top Secret to secret.
- downgrade relations
- downgrade diplomatic relations
- downgrade the rating
Well, he's going to downgrade his bank account in doing so, right?
- Well, he's going to downgrade his bank account in doing so, right?
- The other option here is you downgrade that to a standard Lloyds Bank account.
- Moody's has downgraded the US credit rating from AAA to AA.
- It's such an obvious example of how life is being downgraded.
- However, the major reason is that you just basically cannot downgrade unless you have Sage or SHSH blobs.
- Thankfully though, unlike iOS, we can downgrade Android with the easiest method being to roll back to Kit Kat.
- And those are the tensor chip being underpowered and the downgraded camera system.
- The USS A AAA credit rating was downgraded to a A+ by Fitch.
- So I think feminism in the West has downgraded women, I think, not the ones in the East.
Examples
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The US Army Corps of Engineers downgraded its interpretation of what waterways receive Clean Water Act protections.
Academic text (2009) -
Moody's has downgraded the US credit rating from AAA to AA.
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Besides, they downgrade property values.
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At the same time, President Bush continued to downgrade relations with China.
Academic text (2002) -
Well, he's going to downgrade his bank account in doing so, right?
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The other option here is you downgrade that to a standard Lloyds Bank account.
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Unfortunately, the latest report has downgraded the Great Barrier Reef from being in poor health to very poor health.
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Moody's and the S&P have downgraded Korea's credit rating once again.
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Meanwhile, Turkey's macroeconomic health alarmed credit-rating agencies enough to cause them to downgrade Turkey's credit in early 1994.
Academic text (1995) -
The latest news has led analysts to downgrade the economic outlook for the upcoming year.
Synonyms
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1.0
Make something go down in position, amount, or strength
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2.1
To make something weaker or in a worse state
89
4.7
Make a person or thing seem less important
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3.0
Make an amount or level lower
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5.3
Show something as less important or serious than it is
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6.8
To make someone feel less respected or important
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5.1
To make something worse in quality or value
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5.6
To move someone to a lower job or rank because they did not do well
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6.8
Move someone to a lower job or position as punishment
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5.0
To make something seem less important or respected
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4.6
To make someone feel less confident or important
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4.8
Think something or someone is less important than they really are
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6.9
To make something worth less by adding cheaper material
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5.9
Make an idea or topic seem less important
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4.3
Make something smaller or cheaper to save money
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6.5
Make a person or thing seem less important and less valuable
To lower someone's social or official status
To treat something as not worth much or make it worth less
Antonyms
How Reduced
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5.6
22
5.0
43
4.9
201
3.7
45
5.0
75
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
To downgrade comes from down and grade, with grade meaning 'step' or 'level', like a school grade. So to downgrade someone or something is to move them 'down a level' or treat them as 'less important'.