"escalate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈɛs.kə.leɪt\ Forms: to escalate [infinitive], escalates [present, third-person, singular], escalated [preterite], escalated [participle, past], escalating [participle, present]
  1. Augmenter en étendue ou en intensité ; intensifier. Tags: intransitive, transitive
  2. Dans le domaine de l'assistance technique et du support client, passer un dossier à une personne ayant un degré de compétence ou d'autorité plus élevé ; transférer l'appel d'un utilisateur à une personne ayant un degré de compétence ou d'autorité plus élevé. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: fr-escalate-en-verb-N~4XstTb Categories (other): Verbes transitifs en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: escalator

Inflected forms

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      "word": "deescalate"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dénominaux en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes transitifs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Dénominal de escalator."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to escalate",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɛs.kə.leɪt\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "escalates",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɛs.kə.leɪts\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "escalated",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɪd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "escalated",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɪd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "escalating",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɪŋ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "escalator"
    }
  ],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Verbes transitifs en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Augmenter en étendue ou en intensité ; intensifier."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        }
      ],
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        "Dans le domaine de l'assistance technique et du support client, passer un dossier à une personne ayant un degré de compétence ou d'autorité plus élevé ; transférer l'appel d'un utilisateur à une personne ayant un degré de compétence ou d'autorité plus élevé."
      ],
      "id": "fr-escalate-en-verb-N~4XstTb",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈɛs.kə.leɪt\\"
    }
  ],
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    "intransitive",
    "transitive"
  ],
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    }
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    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Verbes en anglais",
    "Verbes intransitifs en anglais",
    "Verbes transitifs en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Dénominal de escalator."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to escalate",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɛs.kə.leɪt\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "escalates",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɛs.kə.leɪts\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "escalated",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɪd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "escalated",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɪd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "\\ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɪŋ\\"
      ],
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  "senses": [
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        "Verbes intransitifs en anglais",
        "Verbes transitifs en anglais",
        "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais"
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      "glosses": [
        "Augmenter en étendue ou en intensité ; intensifier."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Verbes transitifs en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dans le domaine de l'assistance technique et du support client, passer un dossier à une personne ayant un degré de compétence ou d'autorité plus élevé ; transférer l'appel d'un utilisateur à une personne ayant un degré de compétence ou d'autorité plus élevé."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈɛs.kə.leɪt\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "intransitive",
    "transitive"
  ],
  "word": "escalate"
}

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