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{
"term": "escalate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "escalate",
"heSheIt": "escalates"
},
"pastSimple": "escalated",
"pastParticiple": "escalated",
"ingForm": "escalating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to become greater, worse, more serious, etc.; to make something greater, worse, more serious, etc.",
"sensetop": "escalate into somethingescalate something (into something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **escalating costs** of healthcare"
},
{
"text": "The fighting escalated into a full-scale war.",
"contextForm": "escalate into something"
},
{
"text": "We do not want to escalate the war.",
"contextForm": "escalate something (into something)"
},
{
"text": "The cost of raw materials has escalated sharply."
},
{
"text": "The risks gradually escalate."
},
{
"text": "Violence between the two sides has been steadily escalating."
},
{
"text": "The conflict could escalate rapidly into a full-scale war."
},
{
"text": "a small local disagreement that escalates into civil war"
},
{
"text": "The budget escalated to £32 million."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to involve a more senior person in dealing with a problem or complaint",
"sensetop": "escalate something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "If I don't get a satisfactory outcome, I'm going to have to escalate this issue."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeskəleɪt/",
"audio": "es/escalate/escalate__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeskəleɪts/",
"audio": "es/escalate/escalates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeskəleɪtɪd/",
"audio": "es/escalate/escalated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeskəleɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "es/escalate/escalating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeskəleɪt/",
"audio": "es/escalate/escalate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeskəleɪts/",
"audio": "es/escalate/escalates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeskəleɪtɪd/",
"audio": "es/escalate/escalated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeskəleɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "es/escalate/escalating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "1920s (in the sense ‘travel on an escalator’): back-formation from escalator."
}