English

Etymology
back-form|escalator

Verb
en-verb|escalates|escalating|escalated (transitive and intransitive)

1. to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up

#:Violence escalated during the election.
#:The shooting escalated the existing hostility.

1. in technical support, to transfer a telephone caller to the next higher level of authority

#:The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2.

Translations
trans-top|to intensify
Chinese:
:Mandarin: �� (sh�ngg�o)
Finnish: nousta, kohota, eskaloitua, kasvaa
German: eskalieren
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to transfer a telephone caller to the next higher level of authority
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Related terms
escalator

Category:English ergative verbs

ja:escalate
fi:escalate
vi:escalate
zh:escalate

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