Phrase guide

scale up

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scale, up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: scale down

Broader terms: rescale

2

verb

Meaning 2

To increase the size of something whilst maintaining proportion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: magnify

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: magnify

Antonyms: scale down, shrink

Broader terms: rescale

3

verb

Meaning 3

To change a process in order to allow for greater quantities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: expand, grow

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expand, grow

Antonyms: cut back, scale down

Broader terms: rescale

4

verb

Meaning 4

increase proportionally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • scale up the model

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: scale down

Broader terms: proportion, rescale

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: opschalen — increase proportionally
  • German: proportional vergrößern — increase proportionally
  • German: vergrößern — increase proportionally
  • Polish: podwyższać — increase proportionally
  • Polish: podwyższyć — increase proportionally
  • Polish: zwiększać — increase proportionally
  • Polish: zwiększyć — increase proportionally
  • Spanish: agrandar proporcionalmente — increase proportionally
  • Spanish: engrandar a escala — increase proportionally
  • German: hochskalieren — change a process
  • Polish: rozszerzać — change a process
  • Polish: rozszerzyć — change a process
  • Spanish: ampliar — change a process
  • Spanish: aumentar — change a process
  • Spanish: incrementar — change a process
  • Spanish: expandir — change a process
  • Spanish: acrecer — change a process
  • Spanish: acrecentar — change a process