"escalation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛs.kəˌleɪ.ʃən/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Waveymaster2244-escalation.wav [UK] Forms: escalations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From escalate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|escalate|-ion}} escalate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} escalation (countable and uncountable, plural escalations)
  1. an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy): повиша́ване (povišávane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), пока́чване (pokáčvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), escalatie (Dutch), yltyminen (Finnish), kärjistyminen (Finnish), eskalaatio (Finnish), eskaloituminen (Finnish), Eskalation [feminine] (German), eskalacja [feminine] (Polish), nasilenie [neuter] (Polish), повыше́ние (povyšénije) [neuter] (Russian), увеличе́ние (uveličénije) [neuter] (Russian), рост (rost) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-escalation-en-noun-9CizSrYq Disambiguation of 'an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy': 86 14 0
  2. a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict): تَصْعِيد (taṣʕīd) [masculine] (Arabic), էսկալացիա (ēskalacʻia) (Armenian), սրում (srum) (Armenian), эскала́цыя (eskalácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), ескала́ция (eskalácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 升級 (shēngjí) (Chinese Mandarin), 擴大 (Chinese Mandarin), 扩大 (kuòdà) (Chinese Mandarin), 擴戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 扩战 (kuòzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), escalatie [feminine] (Dutch), eskalaatio (Finnish), eskaloituminen (Finnish), laajeneminen (Finnish), kiihtyminen (Finnish), escalade [feminine] (French), Eskalation [feminine] (German), kiterjesztés (Hungarian), eszkaláció (Hungarian), エスカレーション (esukarēshon) (Japanese), 拡大 (kakudai) (alt: かくだい) (Japanese), 에스컬레이션 (eseukeolleisyeon) (Korean), 확대 (hwakdae) (alt: 擴大) (Korean), 확전 (hwakjeon) (alt: 擴戰) (Korean), eskalacja [feminine] (Polish), escaladare [feminine] (Romanian), эскала́ция (eskalácija) [feminine] (Russian), обостре́ние (obostrénije) [neuter] (Russian), escalada [feminine] (Spanish), eskalering [common-gender] (Swedish), upptrappning [common-gender] (Swedish), ескала́ція (eskalácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-escalation-en-noun-TKyk9jqA Disambiguation of 'a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict': 12 87 0
  3. (customer support) The reassignment of a difficult customer problem to someone whose job is dedicated to handling such cases. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-escalation-en-noun-YDrJZlV4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 19 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 19 19 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: escalation dominance, escalation plan, horizontal escalation, privilege escalation, re-escalation, vertical escalation Related terms: de-escalation, escalatory

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /e.skaˈlɛʃ.ʃon/
Rhymes: -ɛʃʃon Etymology: Borrowed from English escalation. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|it|en|escalation|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English escalation, {{bor+|it|en|escalation}} Borrowed from English escalation Head templates: {{it-noun|f|#}} escalation f (invariable)
  1. escalation (all senses) Tags: feminine, invariable
    Sense id: en-escalation-it-noun-U1pVjcIK Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "alt": "かくだい",
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          "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
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          "word": "에스컬레이션"
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          "roman": "hwakdae",
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          "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
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          "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
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      "word": "escalatie"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Eskalation"
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      ],
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      "sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
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      "word": "nasilenie"
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      "sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "تَصْعِيد"
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ēskalacʻia",
      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "word": "էսկալացիա"
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "word": "սրում"
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēngjí",
      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "word": "升級"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "word": "kiterjesztés"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "word": "エスカレーション"
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    {
      "alt": "かくだい",
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      "roman": "kakudai",
      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "word": "拡大"
    },
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      "roman": "eseukeolleisyeon",
      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "word": "에스컬레이션"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "hwakdae",
      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
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      ],
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "escaladare"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эскала́ция"
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
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      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
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      ],
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
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      "word": "upptrappning"
    },
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "eskalácija",
      "sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
      "tags": [
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