🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Rebaixamento

Pronunciation / Transliteration: reh-bah-ee-shah-men-toh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Downgrade/ˈdaʊn.ɡreɪd/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O rebaixamento do produto levou a uma queda nas vendas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To lower in status, rank, or quality.

    "The company decided to downgrade the software to an earlier version due to numerous bugs."
As noun
  1. 1

    A reduction in quality, status, or rank.

    "The downgrade of the product led to a significant drop in sales."

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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'downgrade' is a compound of 'down' and 'grade', with 'grade' originating from the Latin 'gradus', meaning 'step' or 'degree'. The usage evolved in the late 20th century to denote a reduction in quality or status.

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