1an instance of reducing someone or something’s rank, status, or level of importance:downgrades by debt-rating agencies outnumber upgrades by five to one
2North American a downward gradient on a railway or road:a steep downgrade for which he had to put the car in second
Phrases
on the downgrade
North American in decline:profits are on the downgrade
downgrade in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of downgrade in the US English dictionary
