Meaning
- (verb) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components “When you upgrade your standard of living, you become addicted to that standard of living.”
- (verb) To replace with something better. “I had to upgrade my anti-virus software to protect my computer from the newer threats.”
- (verb) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to “They upgraded him to the latest model.”
- (verb) To improve in condition or status. “She upgraded to a more successful husband.”
- (verb) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.
- (noun) The process by which something is upgraded.
Letter breakdown
- Upgrading contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
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- abductees
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- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
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- ablatives
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Words starting with UPG
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Words ending with ING
Words from these letters
- guarding
- arguing
- draping
- grading
- niggard
- purging
- daring
- duping
- during
- gaping
- paging
- paring
- raging
- raping
- unpaid
- urging
- aging
- aping
- drain
- grain
- grand
- grind
- guard
- nadir
- nigga
- rapid
- ruing
- arid
- darn
- ding
- drag
- drip
- drug
- dung
- gain
- gang
- gird
- grad
- grid
- grin
- grip
- paid
- pain
- pair
- pang
- ping
- prig
- raid
- rain
- rang
- rind
- ring
- ruin
- rung
- aid
- air
- and
- ani
- dig
Reader questions
What does Upgrading mean?
To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components
How many letters are in Upgrading?
Upgrading has 9 letters.
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