escalate.
To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
Meaning & usage
To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
Violence escalated during the election.
The shooting escalated the existing hostility.
In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority
The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2.
To climb.
To move by escalator.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from escalator.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.