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 Definitions of escalate  [ˈɛs kəˌleɪt]  

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Definition of 'escalate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) escalate
to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.:
a time when prices escalate; to escalate a war.

Etymology:  (1920–25; back formation from escalator)

Definition of 'escalate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) escalate, intensify, step up
increase in extent or intensity
"The Allies escalated the bombing"


Translation of 'escalate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to increase or enlarge rapidly
Prices are escalating.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: styg, eskaleer Arabic flag Arabic: يُصَعِّد، يَزيد حِدَّة Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: повишавам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: aumentar Czech flag Czech: zvyšovat se German flag German: eskalieren
Danish flag Danish: stige; forøge Greek flag Greek: κλιμακώνω, κλιμακώνομαι Spanish flag Spanish: aumentar
Estonian flag Estonian: tõusma, laienema Farsi flag Farsi: افزایش یافتن؛ بالا رفتن Finnish flag Finnish: nousta, laajeta
French flag French: grimper Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַסלִים Hindi flag Hindi: बढ़ाना
Croatian flag Croatian: pojačavati, zaoštravati Hungarian flag Hungarian: kiterjed Indonesian flag Indonesian: meningkat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stigmagna(st Italian flag Italian: aumentare Japanese flag Japanese: 増大する
Korean flag Korean: 급격히 증가하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: augti, didėti Latvian flag Latvian: (par cenām) celties; pali
Malay flag Malay: meningkat Dutch flag Dutch: snel stijgen Norwegian flag Norwegian: øke, trappe opp
Polish flag Polish: rosnąć, powiększać się Persian flag Persian: افزایش یافتن؛ بالا رفتن Portuguese flag Portuguese: aumentar
Romanian flag Romanian: a creşte rapid Russian flag Russian: увеличивать(ся) Slovak flag Slovak: stupňovať sa
Slovenian flag Slovenian: naraščati Serbian flag Serbian: eskalirati Swedish flag Swedish: trappa upp, eskalera
Thai flag Thai: เพิ่มขึ้น Turkish flag Turkish: yükselmek, artmak Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 迅速上漲, 逐步升高
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: посилювати(ся); загострюв Urdu flag Urdu: بتدریج زیادہ ہونا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: leo thang
Chinese flag Chinese: 迅速上涨,逐步升高

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