Meaning of upgrade In English

• 0 to improve the quality or usefulness of something, or change it for something newer or of a better standard:

  • It's very simple to upgrade the indexing software.

  • Consider upgrading your buildings insurance policy every five to 10 years.

  • They have not yet upgraded to fully digitial technology.

  • If your reserved car isn't available, most rental car companies will upgrade you to the next size car at no additional charge.

  • We were upgraded and flew business class.

• 1 a piece of software or equipment that improves the quality or usefulness of a computer or machine:

  • a hardware upgrade

  • The upgrade to version 5.0 costs $395.

  • I got an upgrade to first class on the plane on the way back.

  • About six months ago I got an upgrade on my mobile phone and my new model has an excellent camera.

• 2 to improve the quality or usefulness of something, or to raise something or someone to a higher position or rank:

  • If you want to raise rents, you have to upgrade the housing first.

  • They’re spending more than $4 million next year to upgrade computer systems.

  • In 1992 the college was upgraded to a university.

  • We were upgraded from tourist to business class on our flight to London.

• 3 to improve something so that it works better or is more effective:

  • It's quite simple to upgrade the indexing software.

  • All the entrances to the building have been upgraded with ramps and handrails.

• 4 to get new computers or other equipment that is better than you had before:

  • So much of our business is now online we had to upgrade our entire system.

  • The network is being upgraded.

• 5 to give a person a more important job or to state that their job is more important than it was before:

  • upgrade sb to sth Congratulations, I hear you've been upgraded to divisional manager.

• 6 to state that something such as a company is likely to produce more profit or growth, to be better able to pay back debt, etc. than was previously thought:

  • upgrade a forecast/outlook/expectation Analysts had hoped to upgrade their earnings forecasts for the group.

  • upgrade a rating/status The retailer's stock hit a 52-week high after Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating on the company.

• 7 to get better travel arrangements than you originally paid for:

  • upgrade sth (from sth) to sth Our plane tickets were upgraded to business class.

  • We will upgrade your rental car from mid-size to full-size.

• 8 an improvement in something:

  • All our office furniture needs a major upgrade.

• 9 a piece of software or equipment that improves how well a computer or machine works:

  • The basic software is free but you pay for any upgrades.

  • an upgrade to sth The upgrade to version 5.0 costs $395.

• 10 better travel arrangements than you originally paid for:

  • an upgrade to sth We got a free upgrade to first class!