upgrade

/ˈʌpˌɡreɪd/

意味: 改良する、グレードアップする

例文: Haruki upgraded his old laptop.
　　  ハルキは古いノートPCをグレードアップした。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: software upgrade(ソフトウェアのアップグレード), upgrade equipment(機器をアップグレードする), upgrade service(サービスをアップグレードする)

定義: 何かをより良くすることや、より新しいバージョンにすることを指します。例えば、コンピュータやソフトウェアを新しいものにすることです。アップグレードすることで、性能が向上したり、新しい機能が追加されたりします。

upgradeは約60,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Noun: software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
Noun: a reservation that is improved
Noun: the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
Noun: hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
Noun: the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
Verb: rate higher; raise in value or esteem
Verb: to improve what was old or outdated
Verb: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Verb: get better travel conditions
Verb: give better travel conditions to

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

I need to upgrade my computer software today.(今日はコンピュータのソフトをアップグレードする必要があります。)
They decided to upgrade the office equipment next month.(来月、オフィスの設備をアップグレードすることにしました。)
The hotel offers a free room upgrade for loyal customers.(ホテルは常連客に無料の部屋アップグレードを提供します。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the car couldn’t make it up the rise
Noun: I got an upgrade to first class when coach class was full
Noun: the power plant received a new upgrade
Verb: I’ve upgraded my computer so I can run better software
Verb: The company upgraded their personnel
Verb: John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
Verb: Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
Verb: I got promoted after many years of hard work
Verb: I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked
Verb: The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): acclivity, advance, ascent, climb, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, rise, rising slope, upgrade

Antonyms(反意語): demote, descent, downgrade

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): better, delegate, grade, hardware, improvement, rate, reservation, slope, software

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): advance, alpha software, amelioration, ascent, authoring language, bank, beta software, build, build up, canyonside, cast, central processing unit, cleaning, clearing, coast, compatible software, computer-aided design, condition, correction, database management system, delegate, demote, descent, development, devolve, downgrade, educate, emend, enhance, enhancement, enrich, enrichment, escarpment, fancify, freeware, fructify, get well, groupware, heal, help, hillside, humanization, iron out, mandate, memory, mend, modernization, mountainside, operating system, optimization, perfect, perfection, piedmont, place, polish, post, prioritize, program, promote, purify, raise, recuperate, reform, regenerate, regiment, relieve, renovation, reorder, repair, routine, scheduler, seed, self-improvement, sequence, sequencer, shareware, shortlist, shrink-wrapped software, ski slope, software documentation, spyware, stabilization, subordinate, superordinate, supervisory software, surge, task, tenderization, transfer, turn around, upgrade, upturn, ventilation

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): brevet, bring up, ennoble, prefer, spot promote, tenure, uphill

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: acclivitous, advancement, ascend, climb, elevation, promotion, raise, rise, upgrade

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: technology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

TOEIC500

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: