downgrade - use in sentences

Converse of object

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

Object

  • 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 ] .

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

  • 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.

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