English-Thai Dictionary
downgrade
N ความตกต่ำ kwam-tok-tam
downgrade
VT ลด ความสำคัญ demote upgrade lod-kwam-sam-kan
New American Oxford Dictionary
downgrade
down grade |ˈdounˌgrād ˈdaʊnˈˌɡreɪd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be downgraded ) reduce to a lower grade, rank, or level of importance: some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semiskilled. ▶noun 1 an instance of reducing someone or something's rank, status, or level of importance. 2 a downward gradient, typically on a railroad track or road. PHRASES on the downgrade in decline: profits are on the downgrade.
Oxford Dictionary
downgrade
down |grade ▶verb |ˈdaʊngreɪd, daʊnˈgreɪd | [ with obj. ] reduce to a lower grade, rank, or level of importance: some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi-skilled. ▶noun |ˈdaʊngreɪd | 1 an instance of reducing someone or something's rank, status, or level of importance. 2 N. Amer. a downward gradient on a railway or road. PHRASES on the downgrade N. Amer. in decline: profits are on the downgrade.
American Oxford Thesaurus
downgrade
downgrade verb 1 plans to downgrade three workers: demote, lower, reduce /lower in rank; relegate. ANTONYMS promote. 2 I won't downgrade their achievement: disparage, denigrate, detract from, run down, belittle; informal badmouth, dis. ANTONYMS praise.
Oxford Thesaurus
downgrade
downgrade verb 1 there were plans to make six staff redundant and to downgrade three others: demote, lower, lower in status, reduce /lower in rank, reduce in importance; relegate; N. Amer. informal bust; archaic degrade. ANTONYMS upgrade, promote. 2 I have no wish to downgrade their achievement: disparage, denigrate, detract from, run down, decry, belittle, make light of, minimize, defame; N. Amer. informal bad-mouth. ANTONYMS praise; talk up.
Duden Dictionary
Downgrade
Down grade Substantiv, Neutrum Wirtschaft , das |ˈda͜ungreɪd |englisch Verschlechterung des Ratings 2
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
downgrade
down grade /-́-̀, -̀-́ /名詞 C (道 鉄道の )下り坂, 下り 勾配 (こうばい ); ⦅比喩的に ⦆下り坂, 左前 (↔upgrade ).形容詞 副詞 下り坂の [に ]; 下向きの [に ].動詞 /-̀-́, -́-̀ /他動詞 1 «…に » …を格下げする, 降格する «to » (↔upgrade ).2 … (の重要性 名声 評価 )を軽視する .on the d ó wngrade 〈道が 〉下り坂になって ; 〈運 権勢 健康などが 〉下り坂になって .