escalate
Meaning of escalate
- To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
The shooting escalated the existing hostility.
- 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.
Information about escalate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of escalate is: escalates.
- Languages in which escalate is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of escalate
es-ca-late
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- escalate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
escalate synonyms
Meaning intensify:
Translation of escalate
- Spanish: escalar
- Italian: aumentare, intensificarsi
- German: eskalieren
Words that rhyme with escalate
late, Kayexalate, Tornalate, alate, aminodimethylterephthalate, aminoisophthalate, aminophthalate, aminoterephthalate, amygdalate, aurothiomalate, balate, benzylphthalate, bialate, binoxalate, bioxalate, bisphthalate, bisterephthalate, bolmantalate, bromoisophthalate, bromoterephthalate, butylbenzylphthalate, butylisophthalate, butylmalate, butylorthophthalate, butylphthalate, butylterephthalate, carbonylbisphthalate, cardinalate, cephalate, chloroisophthalate, chlorophthalate, chloroterephthalate, chronadalate, columbotantalate, coumalate, cyanoterephthalate, cyclometalate, dealate, deescalate, desoxalate, diacetoxyterephthalate, diallylphthalate, dianilinoterephthalate, dibromoterephthalate, dibutoxyterephthalate, dichlorophthalate, dichloroterephthalate, didodecylphthalate, diethylphthalate, difluoroterephthalate