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downgrade
[ doun-greyd ]
noun
- a downward slope, especially of a road.
adjective
verb (used with object)
- to assign to a lower status with a smaller salary.
- to minimize the importance of; denigrate:
She tried to downgrade the findings of the investigation.
- to assign a lower security classification to (information, a document, etc.).
downgrade
/ ˈ岹ʊˌɡɪ /
verb
- to reduce in importance, esteem, or value, esp to demote (a person) to a poorer job
- to speak of disparagingly
noun
- a downward slope, esp in a road
- on the downgradewaning in importance, popularity, health, etc
Other Word Forms
- Ƿɲge noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of downgrade1
Idioms and Phrases
- on the downgrade, in a decline toward an inferior state or position:
His career has been on the downgrade.
Example Sentences
California is downgraded for its cost of living, which is reasonable enough, but it’s expensive in part because it’s a desirable place to live.
Ms Perry took her own life after her school, Caversham Primary in Berkshire, was downgraded from "outstanding" to "inadequate".
S&P, meanwhile, recently downgraded the city of L.A.’s rating due to its “weakening financial position and an emerging structural imbalance.”
Despite pleas for her husband to downgrade, she said he refused - accusing her of wanting to "turn him into a laughing stock by making him drive a small car".
On Friday, the credit rating agency downgraded its long-term rating for the city’s general obligation bonds to AA- from AA.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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