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comparative more upmarket, superlative most upmarket
Designed for customers with a high income. quotations examples
Temperatures in the western suburbs of Sydney, far from the upmarket beachside glamour, reached 47C (117F) last week, topping the 44C I experienced there the week before. For reference, if it reached 47C in the middle of the Sahara desert, that would be an unusually hot day.
2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian
Towards the more expensive end of the market. examples
third-person singular simple present upmarkets, present participle upmarketing, simple past and past participle upmarketed
To make or become upmarket. quotations examples
[…] their flats and shops are upmarketed or pulled down to be replaced by hotels, offices and a privately owned park.
1992, Elizabeth Wilson, The Sphinx in the City, page 159