escalate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from escalator.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) enPR: esʹ kə lāt, IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.kə.leɪt/

Verb

escalate (third-person singular simple present escalates, present participle escalating, simple past and past participle escalated)

(transitive, intransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
Violence escalated during the election.

The shooting escalated the existing hostility.
(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.

Derived terms

deescalate

Related terms

escalator
scale (verb)

Translations

to intensify

Bulgarian: ескалирам (eskaliram), повишавам се (povišavam se)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 升級 (zh), 升级 (zh) (shēngjí), 升高 (zh) (shēnggāo)
Czech: eskalovat
Dutch: escaleren (nl)
Finnish: nousta (fi), kohota (fi), eskaloitua (fi), kasvaa (fi)
French: intensifier (fr)
German: eskalieren (de)

Japanese: エスカレートする (esukarēto suru)
Maori: whakapiki
Persian: بالا گرفتن‎ (bâlâ gereftan), تشدید شدن‎ (tašdid šodan)
Portuguese: intensificar (pt)
Russian: обостря́ть (ru) impf (obostrjátʹ), углубля́ть (ru) impf (uglubljátʹ)
Swedish: eskalera (sv)
Turkish: yoğunlaştırmak (tr)

to transfer a telephone caller to the next higher level of authority

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