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to upgrade

to upgrade

7 3.4
To move to a better class of service, for example on a plane
  • verb
  • /ˈʌpˌɡreɪd/
: pasar a clase superior
  • Well, we are gonna have to upgrade you to first class.

He paid her dinner or she's such an Angel she upgraded our flights.

Examples

  • How much will it cost for me to upgrade from my iPhone 4 to an iPhone 5?

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  • Luckily, we were generously upgraded to the D'Vino's Oporto Room at no extra cost.

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  • We'll upgrade to a double when we get to the next city, okay?

  • Or I pay an extra $25 to $50 on Alaska Air to upgrade to First Class.

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  • My awesome mom also paid to let us upgrade our seats so we could get the extra leg room!

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  • Somehow, he had been upgraded to First Class on the first leg of the flight to Chicago.

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  • And we wanted to let you know that you've been upgraded to a new suite.

  • Mrs. Davidson called ahead, upgraded your rooms and booked you our conference space.

  • Unfortunately, Ms. Young's room wasn't ready, so we had her upgraded to a suite with compliments of the management.

  • We have decided to upgrade your flight to business class for the long journey.

Synonyms

to move up
vsto upgrade
72 3.2

Get a better job or higher position at work

is about moving into a higher class of service rather than a life position
to ascend
vsto upgrade
39 4.4

To move up to a more important job or position

is used for switching to a better service class rather than formal promotion
to upshift
vsto upgrade
1 5.8

To move to a higher position at work or in society

is specific to changing into a better class of service like travel or hotels

Antonyms

53 4.9

To make something lower in rank, value or importance

Phrasal Verbs

To move into a better, more expensive class on a plane or train

to upgrade the RAM
  • Specialized
1 3.4

Put more memory into a computer so it can run more programs

How Premium

to upgrade
7 3.4

Surface Forms

upgrade infinitive
upgraded past
upgraded past participle
upgrading present participle
upgrades third person singular

Morphology

upgrade = grade (transparent) = up + grade

Verb formed by adding 'up' to the verb 'grade', yielding the meaning 'move to a higher class'.

Etymology

Upgrade joins up ('higher') and grade ('step'), so to upgrade someone is to move them up a level into a better class or seat.