Meaning

1 senses

  1. To increase in size, to scale up.

Examples

24 sentences

  1. Tom's shop has an upscale clientele.

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  2. Shall we go to a little more upscale restaurant?

    Може, підемо до трохи кращого ресторану? — shanghainese

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  3. Sami moved into an upscale suburb.

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  4. They wanted to upscale their industrial power.

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  5. Everything at this upscale restaurant is microwaved.

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Origin

From up + scale, 1966 (adjective), 1963 (verb).

From up + scale, 1966 (adjective), 1963 (verb).

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Forms

upscales, upscaling, upscaled, upscaled
Base formupscale · to upscale
3rd person singularupscales
Present participleupscaling
Past simpleupscaled
Past participleupscaled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyupscale
he, she, itupscales

Past simpleLesson

all personsupscaled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave upscaled
he, she, ithas upscaled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill upscale

Word family

3 related words
Derivedupscalabilityupscalableupscaler

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
uproaruproariouslyuprootupsetA2upshot
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