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      upgrading
      noun
      the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
      hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
      the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
      a reservation that is improved
      software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
      an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
      verb
      give better travel conditions to
      get better travel conditions
      give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
      to improve what was old or outdated
      rate higher
      Roots
      gradusgrad- · Latin · step, degree
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