scale up en · VERB
Meanings
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scale, up.
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To increase the size of something whilst maintaining proportion.
Near-synonym: magnify
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To change a process in order to allow for greater quantities.
Near-synonyms: expand, grow
Transects can be taken in localised settings and compared to local visual environments, as in this pilot study. But the technique can be scaled up to larger situations by taking multiple transects from multiple locales and combining the data.
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 12:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scaling up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| scaled up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| scaled up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| scales up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Antonyms
shrink · scale down · scale down · cut back · scale down
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Translations (18)
pl rozszerzać (change a process) · es acrecentar (change a process) · de hochskalieren (change a process) · de proportional vergrößern (increase proportionally) · es incrementar (change a process) · nl opschalen (increase proportionally) · es aumentar (change a process) · pl rozszerzyć (change a process) · es agrandar proporcionalmente (increase proportionally) · es acrecer (change a process) · es expandir (change a process) · es engrandar a escala (increase proportionally) · pl podwyższać (increase proportionally) · es ampliar (change a process) · pl podwyższyć (increase proportionally) · pl zwiększać (increase proportionally) · de vergrößern (increase proportionally) · pl zwiększyć (increase proportionally)