Please upgrade me to first class.
•They upgraded the terrorist alert status to red.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
upgrade */ — I UK [ʌpˈɡreɪd] / US [ˈʌpˌɡreɪd] verb Word forms upgrade : present tense I/you/we/they upgrade he/she/it upgrades present participle upgrading past tense upgraded past participle upgraded 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to make a computer or… … English dictionary
upgrade — up|grade1 [ ʌp,greıd ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make a computer or other machine more powerful or effective: The system has been upgraded to meet customers needs. upgrade to: You ll need to upgrade to 128Mb RAM to run these… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
upgrade — [ʌpˈgreɪd] verb I 1) [I/T] to make a computer or machine more powerful or effective 2) [T] to officially give someone or something a higher status II noun [C] upgrade [ˈʌpˌgreɪd] a piece of equipment or software that is designed to make a… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
upgrade — ▪ I. upgrade up‧grade 1 [ˌʌpˈgreɪd] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] COMPUTING MANUFACTURING to make a computer, machine, program etc better and able to do more things: • There are several things to consider when it comes to upgrading computer… … Financial and business terms
upgrade — up|grade [ʌpˈgreıd] v 1.) [I and T] to make a computer, machine, or piece of software better and able to do more things upgrade (sth) to sth ▪ You ll need to upgrade your hard drive to 4Mb before running this software. 2.) [T] to improve… … Dictionary of contemporary English
upgrade — [[t]ʌ̱pgre͟ɪd[/t]] upgrades, upgrading, upgraded 1) VERB: usu passive If equipment or services are upgraded, they are improved or made more efficient. [be V ed] Helicopters have been upgraded and modernized... [be V ed] Medical facilities are… … English dictionary
pick out someone — pick out (someone/something) 1. to choose someone or something instead of others. The writer picked out certain things about the event that he thought were important. His boss picked him out for an assignment in Japan. 2. to find someone or… … New idioms dictionary
pick out something — pick out (someone/something) 1. to choose someone or something instead of others. The writer picked out certain things about the event that he thought were important. His boss picked him out for an assignment in Japan. 2. to find someone or… … New idioms dictionary
cushion — cush|ion1 [ kuʃn ] noun * ▸ 1 soft cover for seat ▸ 2 layer separating objects ▸ 3 protection against something ▸ 4 amount someone is winning by ▸ 5 edge of table in games 1. ) count a cloth bag filled with something soft such as feathers, used… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cushion — I UK [ˈkʊʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms cushion : singular cushion plural cushions * 1) [countable] a cloth bag filled with something soft such as feathers, used for making a seat more comfortable 2) [countable] a layer that separates two objects… … English dictionary
pick out — (someone/something) 1. to choose someone or something instead of others. The writer picked out certain things about the event that he thought were important. His boss picked him out for an assignment in Japan. 2. to find someone or something in a … New idioms dictionary
