downgrade – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of downgrade

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to downgrade
Participle: downgraded
Gerund: downgrading

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Idowngrade
youdowngrade
he;she;itdowngrades
wedowngrade
youdowngrade
theydowngrade

Perfect

Ihave downgraded
youhave downgraded
he;she;ithas downgraded
wehave downgraded
youhave downgraded
theyhave downgraded

Past

Idowngraded
youdowngraded
he;she;itdowngraded
wedowngraded
youdowngraded
theydowngraded

Pluperfect

Ihad downgraded
youhad downgraded
he;she;ithad downgraded
wehad downgraded
youhad downgraded
theyhad downgraded

Future

Iwill downgrade
youwill downgrade
he;she;itwill downgrade
wewill downgrade
youwill downgrade
theywill downgrade

Future Perfect

Iwill have downgraded
youwill have downgraded
he;she;itwill have downgraded
wewill have downgraded
youwill have downgraded
theywill have downgraded

Subjunctive

Present

Idowngrade
youdowngrade
he;she;itdowngrade
wedowngrade
youdowngrade
theydowngrade

Perfect

Ihave downgraded
youhave downgraded
he;she;ithave downgraded
wehave downgraded
youhave downgraded
theyhave downgraded

Imperfect

Idowngraded
youdowngraded
he;she;itdowngraded
wedowngraded
youdowngraded
theydowngraded

Pluperfect

Ihad downgraded
youhad downgraded
he;she;ithad downgraded
wehad downgraded
youhad downgraded
theyhad downgraded

Conditional

Present

Iwould downgrade
youwould downgrade
he;she;itwould downgrade
wewould downgrade
youwould downgrade
theywould downgrade

Perfect

Iwould have downgraded
youwould have downgraded
he;she;itwould have downgraded
wewould have downgraded
youwould have downgraded
theywould have downgraded

Imperative

youdowngrade
weLet's downgrade
youdowngrade

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam downgrading
youare downgrading
he;she;itis downgrading
weare downgrading
youare downgrading
theyare downgrading

Perfect

Ihave been downgrading
youhave been downgrading
he;she;ithas been downgrading
wehave been downgrading
youhave been downgrading
theyhave been downgrading

Past

Iwas downgrading
youwere downgrading
he;she;itwas downgrading
wewere downgrading
youwere downgrading
theywere downgrading

Pluperfect

Ihad been downgrading
youhad been downgrading
he;she;ithad been downgrading
wehad been downgrading
youhad been downgrading
theyhad been downgrading

Future

Iwill be downgrading
youwill be downgrading
he;she;itwill be downgrading
wewill be downgrading
youwill be downgrading
theywill be downgrading

Future Perfect

Iwill have been downgrading
youwill have been downgrading
he;she;itwill have been downgrading
wewill have been downgrading
youwill have been downgrading
theywill have been downgrading

Conditional

Present

Iwould be downgrading
youwould be downgrading
he;she;itwould be downgrading
wewould be downgrading
youwould be downgrading
theywould be downgrading

Perfect

Iwould have been downgrading
youwould have been downgrading
he;she;itwould have been downgrading
wewould have been downgrading
youwould have been downgrading
theywould have been downgrading

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From down- + grade.

Verbs referencing "downgrade"

Greek υποβαθμίζω.

Sample Sentences

  • The stock was downgraded from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’.
  • Basingstoke-Exeter will test this. From Salisbury westwards, it's largely single-track since British Rail downgraded it in 1967. There's a ten-mile loop between Templecombe and Yeovil, as well as shorter loops at Chard, Axminster and Honiton. [2025 February 5, Philip Haigh, “Where track and train integration will be put to the test”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 51:]
  • More significantly, rigid deference to [Justin] Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing. [2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020:]
  • We cannot afford to downgrade the lifestyles of other lesbians; we cannot afford to portray lesbians thinly as drunken and bothersome separatists who push their views on "work-within-the-movement" dykes". [1978 April 29, Cindy Rizzo, “Unity of Divergence”, in Gay Community News, page 4:]
  • Without downgrading my friends in the Building Trades, driving a nail or sawing a board is relatively simple. [1981, King Royer, Construction Manager in the 80's, page 278:]