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down·grade
 downgrade
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- pronunciation:
- daUn
greId
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective & adverb, transitive verb
- phrases:
- on the downgrade
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a slope downward, as in a road.
- antonyms:
- upgrade
- similar words:
- decline
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| definition 2: |
a trend or turn toward a worse condition.
- antonyms:
- improvement
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| related words: |
fall, grade, pitch |
adjective + (n.)downgrade
far, moody, neutral, possible, recent, serious, steep
verb + (n.)downgrade
avoid, cite, hit, lead, rise, slam, suffer, survive
noun + (n.)downgrade
agency,
analyst,
bank,
bond,
budget,
corp,
credit,
debt,
default,
industry,
investor,
junk,
lifting,
list,
loss,
rating,
reason,
review,
risk,
speed,
stock,
upgrade,
warning,
watch
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| phrase: |
on the downgrade |
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| part of speech: |
adjective & adverb |
| definition: |
downward.
- antonyms:
- upward
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
downgrades, downgrading, downgraded |
| definition 1: |
to reduce in rank, position, status, salary, or the like.
- antonyms:
- promote, upgrade
- similar words:
- bust, degrade, lower
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| definition 2: |
to reduce or minimize the importance of; belittle.
He sometimes downgrades his sister's accomplishments.- antonyms:
- inflate
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| related words: |
abase, alloy, diminish, disparage |
adverb + (v.)downgrade
recently, since, subsequently
(v.)downgrade
+ noun
category, company, depression, firm, hold, hurricane, importance, investment, month, priority, recommendation, relation, role, significance, status, storm, threat, tie, value
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The word downgrade
contains the following part:
grad, -grade
Latin
root
that means go, step, degree
  Example words:
biodegradable, centigrade, degrade, downgrade, gradate, gradation, grade, gradient, gradual, graduate, ingredient, plantigrade, postgraduate, retrograde, upgrade
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