Business, Marketing Having greater capabilities or a higher version number.
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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:
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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:
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:
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:
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A flash of bright yellow and blue hurtled quickly uplevel through the atrium's center.2005, Linnea Sinclair, An Accidental Goddess:
uplevel
verb
Etymology From up- + level.
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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:
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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: