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upgradable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree
English up-
English grade
English upgrade
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English upgradable
From upgrade + -able.
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) Having the capacity to undergo an upgrade.
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Deriveds
nonupgradable · field-upgradable · unupgradable
upgradable en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
English up-
English grade
English upgrade
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English upgradable
From upgrade + -able.
Meanings
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A device or component that can be upgraded.
When everyone else started cutting prices by giving less, ZEOS had a better idea — Use the very latest technology to design an entirely new line of high performance upgradables that allow us to charge less while giving more.
1992, PC Mag, volume 11, number 20, page 135:
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