Downgrade Definition

doungrād
downgraded, downgrades, downgrading
verb
downgraded, downgrades, downgrading
To demote to a less skilled job at lower pay.
Webster's New World
To lower in importance, value, esteem, etc.
Webster's New World
To belittle.
Webster's New World

To place lower in position.

The stock was downgraded from 'buy' to 'sell'.
Wiktionary

To 'dumb down', reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts.

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noun
downgrades
A downward slope, esp. in a road.
Webster's New World
A lowering in rank, value, etc.
Webster's New World
A decline, as in fortune, status, or condition.
A neighborhood on the downgrade.
American Heritage
A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
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adjective
Downhill; downward.
Webster's New World
idiom
on the downgrade
  • losing status, influence, health, etc.; declining
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Downgrade

Noun

Singular:
downgrade
Plural:
downgrades

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Downgrade

  • on the downgrade

Origin of Downgrade

  • From down- +‎ grade.

    From Wiktionary

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