uplevel

To raise the level of.

Adjective

  1. Having greater capabilities or a higher version number.
  2. 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:
    • We hit another dead end, the uplevel ladder far to our right this time.” - 2005, Linnea Sinclair, Gabriel's Ghost:
    • 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:

Origin

From up- + level.

Antonyms

downlevel

Adverb

  1. From, in, or to a higher level of an organization, society, or building.
    • You're to be allowed uplevel." - 1999, Kathy Tyers, Firebird, page 91:
    • We found the first ladder, went uplevel. - 2005, Linnea Sinclair, Gabriel's Ghost:
    • A flash of bright yellow and blue hurtled quickly uplevel through the atrium's center. - 2005, Linnea Sinclair, An Accidental Goddess:

Verb

  1. 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:

Forms

uplevels upleveling uplevelling upleveled uplevelled