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downgrades

downgrades is the plural of downgrade.

downgrades is the third-person singular simple present indicative of downgrade.

Meaning of downgrade

Noun

downgrade (plural downgrades)

  1. A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
    Antonyms:
    upgrade
  2. 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.1960 April, “English Electric diesels for the Sudan Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 218
  3. A reduction in quality; a descent towards an inferior state.
    • Near-synonyms: degradation, worsening, deterioration

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Questions about downgrades

What is downgrades the plural of?
Downgrades is the plural of downgrade.

Words near downgrades in the dictionary

  1. downgrade dances
  2. downgradeable
  3. downgraded
  4. downgrader
  5. downgraders
  6. downgrades
  7. downgradient
  8. downgrading
  9. downgradings
  10. downgraft
  11. downgrafted

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