upgrade

An upward grade or slope.

The Worthens sighed with relief as the engine began its night of upgrade chugging.

An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.

Near-synonym: option

With my phone company, I get a free upgrade every twelve months if I keep topping up 10 pounds a month.

An improvement.

The remarried couples among my friends often joke that their divorce and remarriage amounted to an upgrade.

"When we're finished in 2024, this upgrade programme will provide a much-improved railway between London Waterloo and Portsmouth," said NR's Wessex Route Director Mark Killick.

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.

To replace with something better.

I had to upgrade my anti-virus software to protect my computer from the newer threats.

To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.

They upgraded him to the latest model.

They were upgraded to first class.

To improve in condition or status.

She upgraded to a more successful husband.

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.

She waited a long time to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11, hoping the worst bugs would be worked out before she took the plunge.

She waited a long time to upgrade Windows, hoping the worst bugs would be worked out before she took the plunge.

Up a slope or grade.

Men fell out, worn-out, and there were sunstroke cases. It was an eight-mile march upgrade.

Northbound trains originating near the Ohio River faced a 26-mile climb upgrade to Flushing.