Meaning

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

  2. To increase the size of something whilst maintaining proportion.

    Near-synonym: magnify

    proportional vergrößern, vergrößern

    increase proportionally

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

    Near-synonyms: expand, grow

    hochskalieren

Examples

4 sentences
  1. If you scale the image up it might pixelate.

    ruЕсли увеличивать изображение, то оно может стать пикселизированным.

    deWenn du das Bild vergrößerst, wird es möglicherweise pixelig.

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  2. A number of companies manufacturing a line of popular small cars have simply scaled up those models.

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  3. As we look to the future, it is imperative that we continue to support and scale up efforts to combat desertification.

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  4. We scaled up Mount Fuji last year.

    deLetztes Jahr haben wir den Fuji bestiegen.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
increase proportionally:
change a process:

Forms

scales up, scaling up, scaled up, scaled up
Base formscale up · to scale up
3rd person singularscales up
Present participlescaling up
Past simplescaled up
Past participlescaled up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscale up
he, she, itscales up

Past simpleLesson

all personsscaled up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scaled up
he, she, ithas scaled up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scale up

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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