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degrade gracefully

degrade gracefully verb: of a system: to maintain at least some of its functionality when portions are not working, or when certain features are not available.

Verb

degrade gracefully (third-person singular simple present degrades gracefully, present participle degrading gracefully, simple past and past participle degraded gracefully)

  1. (idiomatic) Of a system: to maintain at least some of its functionality when portions are not working, or when certain features are not available.

Forms of degrade gracefully

third-person singular presentdegrades gracefully
present participledegrading gracefully
past participledegraded gracefully
pastdegraded gracefully

Questions about degrade gracefully

What does degrade gracefully mean?
Degrade gracefully means of a system: to maintain at least some of its functionality when portions are not working, or when certain features are not available.
What part of speech is degrade gracefully?
Degrade gracefully is a verb.
What is the past tense of degrade gracefully?
The past tense of degrade gracefully is degraded gracefully.

Words near degrade gracefully in the dictionary

  1. degradational
  2. degradations
  3. degradative
  4. degradatory
  5. degrade
  6. degrade gracefully
  7. degraded
  8. degraded gracefully
  9. degradedly
  10. degradedness
  11. degradee

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