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Word: Escalate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
1920s (in the sense ‘travel on an escalator’): back-formation from escalator
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɛskəleɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
increase rapidly
Short Definition:increase rapidly
Examples:- the price of tickets escalated
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