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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : doun-greyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaʊnˌgreɪd

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Origin :
  • 1858 (n.), 1930 (v.), from down (adv.) + grade.
  • noun slope
  • verb lower in opinion or rank
Example sentences :
  • "Not enough to keep him from skiddin' on a downgrade," said Mormon.
  • Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
  • There is no downgrade in normal youth; it is its nature to climb, to look up.
  • Extract from : « The Victorious Attitude » by Orison Swett Marden
  • In the general ferment, commercial honesty had been on the downgrade.
  • Extract from : « Ten Tudor Statesmen » by Arthur D. Innes
  • It had no brakes, and fearing failure of the transmission on a downgrade, he was reluctant to ride in the machine.
  • Extract from : « Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 » by Anonymous
  • The car was moving at a relatively slow speed—but still over fifty miles an hour, on a narrow unpaved, downgrade road.
  • Extract from : « The Telenizer » by Don Thompson
  • Having shot his last fireball, Shann ran swiftly to take up a new position, downgrade and to the east of the domes.
  • Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
  • On and on the downgrade of the mountain road they bounded, causing the sleigh to bounce from one side to the other.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Far North » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • As she hesitated, trying to decide which way to go, she felt her skis slipping along a downgrade where none should have been.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Green Door » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • The inference is obvious: that the Monarchists are on the upgrade, and the Republicans on the downgrade.
  • Extract from : « France and the Republic » by William Henry Hurlbert
  • As he did this the turnout reached a point in the road where the downgrade was greater than ever.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Far North » by Edward Stratemeyer

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