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downgrade
[ doun-greyd ]
noun
- a downward slope, especially of a road.
adjective
verb (used with object)
- to assign to a lower status with a smaller salary.
- to minimize the importance of; denigrate:
She tried to downgrade the findings of the investigation.
- to assign a lower security classification to (information, a document, etc.).
downgrade
/ ˈ岹ʊˌɡɪ /
verb
- to reduce in importance, esteem, or value, esp to demote (a person) to a poorer job
- to speak of disparagingly
noun
- a downward slope, esp in a road
- on the downgradewaning in importance, popularity, health, etc
Other Word Forms
- Ƿɲge noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of downgrade1
Idioms and Phrases
- on the downgrade, in a decline toward an inferior state or position:
His career has been on the downgrade.
Example Sentences
The all-out strike by Unite members over plans to downgrade some refuse workers, who could lose thousands of pounds a year each, started on 11 March.
The downgrade in the outlook for the UK economy is nevertheless ahead of predictions for France, Italy and Germany.
Uncertainty around trade policy was a "major factor" behind the growth downgrades, Mr Gourinchas said.
Members of Unite began staging one-day walkouts in January after being told some workers would be downgraded and have their pay cut.
The World Trade Organization said on Wednesday that global trade will shrink as a result of the tariffs while the International Monetary Fund downgraded its predictions for growth because of them.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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