escalate

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) enPR: esʹ kə lāt, IPA: /ˈɛs.kə.leɪt/

Verb

escalate (escalates, present participle escalating; past and past participle escalated)

1. (ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.

   Violence escalated during the election.

   The shooting escalated the existing hostility.

2. (transitive) In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority

   The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2.

Related terms

• escalator
• scale (verb)

Translations

• French: intensifier
• German: eskalieren
• Portuguese: intensificar
• Russian: обостря́ть

Translations

• French: faire remonter
• German: eskalieren

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