upgrade

Examples

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• City, county seek upgrade to site of '96 Olympic events

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• This is listed as the central hall of Reactor "A" after it received an upgrade from the late 1950s.

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• They won't work with Obama to properly fund Amtrak route upgrades.

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• If you starve your railways of upgrades, make them share tracks with freight rail, and divert national infrastructure spending to other modes of transport, the results will be quite predictable.

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• As we drove uphill, the car struggled to climb the steep upgrade on the road.

• Drivers must be careful when navigating the sharp upgrade near the old bridge.

Synonyms

R

rise

vsupgrade

125 2.4

A small upward slope in land or a surface

is more specifically a physical slope on roads and railways

S

slope

vsupgrade

• Specialized

69 3.2

How much a line or surface tilts from flat ground

refers to the actual sloping land or track rather than just degree

C

climb

vsupgrade

45 1.4

A part of a road or path that goes up

relates more to slopes found on roads and railways

I

incline

vsupgrade

19 4.2

A sloping surface that connects different levels

is the same idea but often found on roads and tracks

G

grade

vsupgrade

16 4.6

How steep a slope, road, or ground surface is

names the physical incline itself rather than its steepness measure

A

ascent

vsupgrade

6 4.2

A slope on a road or path that goes up

applies more to slopes on roads and railways

A

acclivity

vsupgrade

9.9

An upward slope on a road or hill

has identical meaning but is used especially for roads and railways

R

rising slope

vsupgrade

3.5

A slope that goes up

is used especially for inclines on roads and railways

Antonyms

D

descent

89 3.7

A movement down from a higher place to a lower place or a slope that goes down

D

decline

7 3.5

A downward slope in the ground or surface

How Steep

upgrade

• Archaic

2 5.6

ascent

6 4.2

to incline

1 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology