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uplevel en · ADJ

Etymology

From up- + level.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having greater capabilities or a higher version number.
2. (not-comparable) From, in, or to a higher level of an organization, society, or building.
   • Every now and then we have to smoke some of them out when they get too close to the uplevel neighborhoods. 1991, Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Space Cops: Mindblast, page 67:
   • His chrono told him that it was 0342, but that was uplevel time,... 2012, Michael Reaves, Star Wars: Coruscant Nights I - Jedi Twilight, page 27:
   • We hit another dead end, the uplevel ladder far to our right this time.” 2005, Linnea Sinclair, Gabriel's Ghost:
   • Regular Army didn't have much use for private military, but fuck 'em—he had enough of that organization when they had set his unit up for a snafu not their fault. The uplevel dicks had pissed on a bunch of good officers to make sure nobody came after their guilty asses. 2013, Steve Perry, The Vastalimi Gambit, page 43:

Antonyms

downlevel

uplevel en · ADV

Etymology

From up- + level.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) From, in, or to a higher level of an organization, society, or building.
   • We found the first ladder, went uplevel. 2005, Linnea Sinclair, Gabriel's Ghost:
   • You're to be allowed uplevel." 1999, Kathy Tyers, Firebird, page 91:
   • A flash of bright yellow and blue hurtled quickly uplevel through the atrium's center. 2005, Linnea Sinclair, An Accidental Goddess:

uplevel en · VERB

Etymology

From up- + level.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To raise the level of.
   • The human alternative is to use this emotional energy to uplevel addictions to preferences. 1986, Ken Keyes, A conscious person's guide to relationships, page 59:
   • This is to help spread Buddhism and uplevel comic book readers to put down the comic books and reach upwards towards the meditation cushion. 2005, Brian Ruhe, Freeing the Buddha:
   • When I begin planning something new or desire to uplevel my game, I eschew unworkable ideas and unproven theories. 2009, M. Diane Vogt, Preparing for Reentry:

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