{
    "term": "upgrade",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "upgrade",
            "heSheIt": "upgrades"
        },
        "pastSimple": "upgraded",
        "pastParticiple": "upgraded",
        "ingForm": "upgrading"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make a machine, computer system, etc. more powerful and efficient; to start using a new and better version of a machine, system, etc.",
            "sensetop": "upgrade somethingupgrade (from something) (to something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We are constantly upgrading our software to meet customers' needs.",
                    "contextForm": "upgrade something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "customers who want to upgrade from version 4.2 to version 4.5",
                    "contextForm": "upgrade (from something) (to something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Users can easily upgrade to the new version."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["significantly", "substantially", "constantly"],
                "preposition": ["from", "to", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to improve the condition of a building, etc. in order to provide a better service",
            "sensetop": "upgrade something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to upgrade the town’s leisure facilities"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The towpath was upgraded for use by cyclists."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to give somebody a better seat on a plane, room in a hotel, etc. than the one that they have paid for",
            "sensetop": "be upgraded (to something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "On the flight back, we were upgraded to business class.",
                    "contextForm": "be upgraded (to something)"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Holidays", "Transport by air"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to give somebody a more important job",
            "sensetop": "upgrade somebody (to something)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌpˈɡreɪd/",
                "audio": "up/upgrade/upgrade__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdz/",
                "audio": "up/upgrade/upgrades__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "up/upgrade/upgraded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "up/upgrade/upgrading__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌpˈɡreɪd//ˈʌpɡreɪd/",
                "audio": "up/upgrade/upgrade__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdz//ˈʌpɡreɪdz/",
                "audio": "up/upgrade/upgrades__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdɪd//ˈʌpɡreɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "up/upgrade/upgraded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdɪŋ//ˈʌpɡreɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "up/upgrade/upgrading__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}