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upgrading

Sayup-GRAY-ding/ʌpˈɡreɪ.dɪŋ/

2 meanings of upgrading

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    The process of improving something or raising it to a higher grade, standard, or level.

    The upgrading of the city's water mains continued through the winter.

    Management approved the upgrading of every workstation in the office.

    Similarimprovement, modernization, renovation, refurbishment

    Oppositedowngrading

  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of upgrade.

    The company is upgrading its entire fleet of delivery trucks.

    Upgrading the software improved the system's speed dramatically.

    Note

    The -ing form does two jobs. It carries the progressive (the company is upgrading its fleet), and as a gerund it names the action while still taking an object (upgrading the software). Most uses are transitive, but the verb can also stand alone, as when a program moves to a later version or something rises in status. Followed by of, and countable as upgradings, it becomes the noun of process instead.

upgrading is a form of upgrade

upgrade, verb: To improve something, usually a piece of technology, by completely replacing one or more of its components. Full entry

Forms
upgradeupgrades he/she/itupgrading -ing formupgraded past tense, past participle
Spelling
upgrade → upgrading: drop the e, add -ing

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