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Downgrade

//ˈdaʊnˌɡɹeɪd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
  2. 2
    the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends wordnet
  3. 3
    A downhill gradient on a road or railway.

    "[...] dynamic braking is fitted to the 99-ton, 55 ft.-long locomotives to help control these otherwise vacuum-braked trains on the long, continuous downgrades encountered on the coastal route."

  4. 4
    A reduction in quality; a descent towards an inferior state.

    "Near-synonyms: degradation, worsening, deterioration"

Verb
  1. 1
    To place lower in position.

    "The stock was downgraded from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’."

  2. 2
    rate lower; lower in value or esteem wordnet
  3. 3
    To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.

    "More significantly, rigid deference to [Justin] Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing."

  4. 4
    To disparage. transitive

    "We cannot afford to downgrade the lifestyles of other lesbians; we cannot afford to portray lesbians thinly as drunken and bothersome separatists who push their views on "work-within-the-movement" dykes"."

  5. 5
    to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
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  1. 6
    To revert software back to an older version.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From down- + grade.

Etymology 2

From down- + grade.

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