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• escalate — is a 1920s back formation from escalator (first recorded in 1900), and has burst the bounds of meaning that a word for a moving staircase might be expected to impose. Not surprisingly, escalate is now rarely used in its first meaning ‘to travel… …   Modern English usage

• escalate — 1922, back formation from ESCALATOR (Cf. escalator), replacing earlier verb escalade (1801), from the noun ESCALADE (Cf. escalade). Escalate came into general use with a figurative sense of raise after 1959 in reference to the possibility of… …   Etymology dictionary

• escalate — verb 1 become/make sth worse ADVERB ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ gradually, steadily ▪ Violence between the two sides has been steadily escalating. ▪ The risks gradually escalate …   Collocations dictionary

• escalate — [[t]e̱skəleɪt[/t]] escalates, escalating, escalated V ERG If a bad situation escalates or if someone or something escalates it, it becomes greater in size, seriousness, or intensity. [JOURNALISM] Both unions and management fear the dispute could… …   English dictionary

• escalate — ☆ escalate [es′kə lāt΄ ] vi. escalated, escalating [back form. < ESCALATOR] 1. to rise on or as on an escalator 2. to expand step by step, as from a limited or local conflict into a general, esp. nuclear, war 3. to grow or increase rapidly,… …   English World dictionary

• escalate — UK [ˈeskəleɪt] / US [ˈeskəˌleɪt] verb Word forms escalate : present tense I/you/we/they escalate he/she/it escalates present participle escalating past tense escalated past participle escalated 1) [intransitive/transitive] to become much worse or …   English dictionary

• escalate — v. (D; intr.) to escalate into (the local war escalated into a major conflict) * * * [ eskəleɪt] (D; intr.) to escalate into (the local war escalated into a major conflict) …   Combinatory dictionary

• escalate — es|ca|late [ˈeskəleıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: escalator] 1.) if fighting, violence, or a bad situation escalates, or if someone escalates it, it becomes much worse escalate into ▪ Her fear was escalating into panic. ▪ The fighting… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• escalate — es|ca|late [ eskə,leıt ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to become, or make something become, much worse or more serious: The tension escalated until it became unbearable. Rebel forces have escalated the fighting. escalate into: Any one of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• escalate — 01. The argument outside the pub quickly [escalated] into a fistfight. 02. Prices for certain vegetables have [escalated] due to poor weather conditions in California last year. 03. Tensions in the region have [escalated] in the past few months,… …   Grammatical examples in English

• escalate — verb 1 (I, T) if fighting, violence, or an unpleasant situation escalates, or if someone escalates it, it becomes much worse: They don t want the fighting to escalate into a full scale war. 2 (I) if prices or costs escalate, they become much… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English