escalate

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• UK, US: esʹ kə lāt
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• UK, US: /ˈɛs.kə.leɪt/
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• nonstandard: /ˈɛs.kjə.leɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 S K AH0 L EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Back-formation from escalator.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: սրել (srel) — to intensify
• Bulgarian: ескалирам (eskaliram) — to intensify
• Bulgarian: повишавам се (povišavam se) — to intensify
• Chinese Mandarin: 升級 /升级 (shēngjí) — to intensify
• Chinese Mandarin: 升高 (shēnggāo) — to intensify
• Czech: eskalovat — to intensify
• Czech: zintenzivnit — to intensify
• Czech: zvýšit — to intensify
• Dutch: escaleren — to intensify
• Finnish: nousta — to intensify
• Finnish: kohota — to intensify
• Finnish: eskaloitua — to intensify
• Finnish: kasvaa — to intensify
• Finnish: yltyä — to intensify
• Finnish: voimistua — to intensify
• French: intensifier — to intensify
• German: eskalieren — to intensify
• German: steigern — to intensify
• German: verschärfen — to intensify
• German: sich ausweiten — to intensify
• Hebrew: הִסְלִים (hislím) — to intensify
• Hungarian: fokoz — to intensify
• Hungarian: eszkalál — to intensify
• Hungarian: elmérgesít — to intensify
• Hungarian: fokozódik — to intensify
• Hungarian: eszkalálódik — to intensify
• Hungarian: elmérgesedik — to intensify
• Japanese: エスカレートする (esukarēto suru) — to intensify
• Māori: whakapiki — to intensify
• Persian: بالا گرفتن (bâlâ gereftan) — to intensify
• Persian: تشدید شدن (tašdid šodan) — to intensify
• Polish: nasilać się — to intensify
• Polish: nasilić się — to intensify
• Portuguese: intensificar — to intensify
• Romanian: escalada — to intensify
• Russian: обостря́ть (obostrjátʹ) — to intensify
• Russian: углубля́ть (uglubljátʹ) — to intensify
• Swedish: eskalera — to intensify
• Swedish: trappa upp — to intensify
• Turkish: yoğunlaştırmak — to intensify
• Ukrainian: заго́стрювати (zahóstrjuvaty) — to intensify
• Ukrainian: загостри́ти (zahostrýty) — to intensify
• Ukrainian: заго́стрюватися (zahóstrjuvatysja) — to intensify
• Ukrainian: загостри́тися (zahostrýtysja) — to intensify
• Welsh: dwysáu — to intensify
• French: faire remonter — to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority
• German: weiterleiten — to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority
• Hungarian: továbbít — to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority
• Hungarian: eszkalál — to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority
• Portuguese: transferir — to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority
• Spanish: elevar a un nivel superior — to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority
• Spanish: transferir — to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority