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uprated

uprated is the simple past and past participle of uprate.

Adjective

uprated (comparative more uprated, superlative most uprated)

  1. That has been given a higher rating
  2. upgraded

Meaning of uprate

Verb

uprate (third-person singular simple present uprates, present participle uprating, simple past and past participle uprated)

  1. (transitive) To give a higher rating to.
    • The '360s' are due to be released from the Anglia franchise in August next year, after which they will be uprated for 110mph operation and refurbished to make them suitable for their new outer-suburban role.2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 53
  2. (UK, transitive) To increase the value of (a benefits payment).
    • It's time to ask whether we really need to be uprating Universal Credit year-on-year.
  3. (transitive) To put a higher value of postage on (a letter) than required by the official rate.

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Forms of uprated

comparativemore uprated
superlativemost uprated

Questions about uprated

What does uprated mean?
Uprated means that has been given a higher rating.
What is uprated the simple past and past participle of?
Uprated is the simple past and past participle of uprate.
What part of speech is uprated?
Uprated is an adjective.

Words near uprated in the dictionary

  1. uprank
  2. upranked
  3. upranking
  4. upranks
  5. uprate
  6. uprated
  7. uprates
  8. uprating
  9. upratings
  10. upreach
  11. upreached

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uprated (page history and authors); uprate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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