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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

  1. (not-comparable) Having the capacity to undergo an upgrade.

Forms

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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

  1. 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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