upgrade

1. (transitive)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.

   verbessern

   модернизи́роватьmodɛrnizírovatʹ, улучша́тьulučšátʹ, улу́чшитьulúčšitʹ

2. (transitive)To replace with something better.

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

   hochrüsten, nachrüsten

   give better travel conditions to

3. (transitive)To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.

   They upgraded him to the latest model.

   They were upgraded to first class.

4. (intransitive)To improve in condition or status.

   She upgraded to a more successful husband.

   to improve what was old or outdated

5. (intransitive, transitive)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.

   aufrüsten, upgraden

   обновитьobnovitʹ, апгре́йдитьapgréjditʹ

   оновитиonovyty

1. Tom got a free upgrade to business class.

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2. There's no need to upgrade.

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3. We'll have to upgrade our servers.

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4. We will replace the current version with the upgrade.

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5. The upgrade was completed successfully.

   deDie Aktualisierung war erfolgreich.

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