CEFR B2

downgraded

noun

Meaning

downgrade means a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The stock was downgraded from 'buy' to 'sell'.
The article uses downgrade to mean a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.

Synonyms: defame, degrade, demote, reduce, revert

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downgraded (B2)

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnˌɡɹeɪd/

Definition

downgrade means a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The stock was downgraded from 'buy' to 'sell'.
The article uses downgrade to mean a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
The teacher asked students to find downgrade in the reading.

How to Use downgraded

a/the downgrade (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a downgrade."
downgrade in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked downgrade in context before translating it."

Synonyms of downgraded

Words with a similar meaning to downgraded:

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