Scale /skeɪl/

The meaning and definition of Scale, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun

A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.
“Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.”

verb

To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
“We should scale that up by a factor of 10.”
To climb to the top of.
“Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest.”

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Scale /skeɪl/

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