Associations to the word «Downgrade»

Wiktionary

DOWNGRADE, noun. A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
DOWNGRADE, verb. To place lower in position.
DOWNGRADE, verb. To 'dumb down', reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts.
DOWNGRADE, verb. (meteorology) to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
DOWNGRADE, verb. (computing) To revert software back to an older version.

Dictionary definition

DOWNGRADE, noun. The property possessed by a slope or surface that descends.
DOWNGRADE, verb. Rate lower; lower in value or esteem.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats