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downgrade Definition

☆ down·grade (-grād′)

noun

  1. a downward slope, esp. in a road
  2. a lowering in rank, value, etc.

adjective, adverb

downhill; downward

transitive verb -·grad′ed, -·grad′·ing

  1. to demote to a less skilled job at lower pay
  2. to lower in importance, value, esteem, etc.
  3. to belittle

downgrade Idioms

on the downgrade

losing status, influence, health, etc.; declining

downgrade Synonyms

downgrade

n.

descent, decline, slope; see grade 1, hill, inclination 5.

downgrade Synonyms

downgrade

v.

minimize, deprecate, lower, demote; see decrease 2, depreciate 2, humble.

downgrade Finance Definition

An action that communicates concern or an increasingly negative outlook for a stock or bond. Typically, Wall Street analysts downgrade a company’s stock if they think the outlook for the company is worsening. Other times, analysts lower a stock’s rating if the stock has performed strongly and has little room left for its price to appreciate. Ratings agencies also downgrade the credit ratings of companies, countries, and specialized financial instruments.

downgrade Usage Examples

Object

  • cannabis: New laws coming into force at midnight next Thursday will see cannabis downgraded from a Class B to Class C drug.
  • role: In this system the EU's 111 regions relate directly to Brussels, downgrading the role of national governments.
  • service: Up to a few weeks ago they were strenuously denying they had any intention of downgrading this service to passenger only status.
  • value: This would have the effect of downgrading the future value of the scheme and decreasing the pension expectations of many public service workers.
  • section: I recommend the next review should consider whether or not the downgraded account section should be extended to current accounts.
  • forecast: Times ( Ruth Lea ) Ms Lea comments: âGordon Brown blamed higher oil prices [ for the downgraded growth forecast ] .

Converse of object

do: It's imperative that you don't downgrade on a tire's speed rating or its load capacity.

Preposition: as

result: They felt the role of local authorities and local democracy had been downgraded as a result.

Adjective modifier

further: A further downgrade " could increase the country's cost of borrowing " .

Modifies a noun

  • cannabis: The decision to downgrade cannabis from a class B drug to class C drug.
  • service: Many messages of support and comments on the proposal to downgrade services are now included in the petition.
  • right: In addition, the interface has a unique technique for managing product downgrade rights.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: We should be equal as citizens, and not downgraded as subjects.
  • recently: As you may know, Tyrrell recently downgraded C2a but as far as I know this work is not underway yet.
  • now: English Nature reserve staff have now downgraded the extent of damage from 90 per cent to just 60 percent.
  • effectively: The move effectively downgraded their jobs to match their lower pay and conditions in an attempt to avoid the charge of discrimination.
  • also: ABN AMRO also downgraded its estimates for ITV after the prospects for advertising revenue were deemed " worse than ever " by media buyers.
  • automatically: The presence of pain automatically downgraded the outcome to poor.

Preposition: from

  • really-quite-scary: UK security level downgraded from really-quite-scary to mildly frightening 14 Aug 2006 in News Everything's going to be fine... for now.
  • B: In January 2004 cannabis was downgraded from a class B to a class C drug.