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Definition: Escalation |
EscalationNoun1. An increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escalation of prices" or "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Medicine | Progressive use of more harmful drugs. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Escalation |
| Specialty definitions using "escalation": Carryover, Contract escalation, cost escalation, crisis management ♦ tax escalation clause. (references) |
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Business | The escalation of computer and other fraud, the increase of fire and other safety hazards and the rise of industrial accidents have increased demand for security products and services. (references) | |
The first of these was the period 1989 - 1991, which saw a liberalization of regulations in the areas of selling and renting property, as well as a rapid escalation of real estate prices and rents. (references) | ||
Economic History | Honduras | Price escalation represents another important consideration in terms of export retail pricing. (references) |
Sri Lanka | The tourism sector declined by 6.1 percent due to a drop in tourist arrivals caused by the escalation of war and terrorist activities. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | However, excessive concentration of industries around Colombo has created problems such as scarcity of labor and poor infrastructure, environmental pollution, escalation of real estate prices and congestion in the city. (references) | |
Political Economy | Israel and the occupied territories | With the onset of the "Al-Aqsa Intifada" in September 2000, there was a dramatic escalation in the level of violence directed against Israelis. (references) |
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| "Escalation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Escalation" is used about 201 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 201 | 21,536 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "escalation": cost escalation. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "escalation": cost-escalation, de-escalation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "escalation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkallëzim (graduation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | التصعيد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | рязко повишаване, ескалация, покачване (enhancement, increase, raising, rally, rise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 逐步升级. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vystupòování. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | optrapning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | escalatie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | escalade. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | eskalation (upsurge), Steigerung (aggravation, build up, comparative, cumulation, elevation, enhancement, gain, heightening, improvement, increase, increment, intensification, rise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλιμάκωση (gradation, grading, progressive interconnection, scale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "סלמ" (step up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kiterjesztés (expansion, extension, spread, stretch, stretching), eszkaláció. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | eskalasi, peningkatan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | escalazione, escalation, intensificazione (development, intensification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | エコロジー運動 (ecological movement, Edison, ego, egotism, egotist, egotistic, Egypt, Esaki diode, escalate, escalator, escalope, ESCAP, Eskimo, sado-masochism, Save Our Souls, science fiction, SF, shallot, sister, sketch, snail, Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, SOS). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | エスカレーション . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 단계 확대. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mooadaghey (aggravation, amplify, augment, develop, developing, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, exaggeration, exaggerator, expand, expansion, extend, extension, gain, grow, increase, increment, magnification, magnify, maximize, mount, multiplication, multiply, swell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | opptrapping. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | escalationay escalada (clamber, clambering, climb, climbing, escalade, escalate, scaling, upswing). (various references) эскалация. (various references) eskalacija. (various references) escalada (climb, escalate, scaling). (various references) upptrappning. (various references) yükselme (advance, advancement, ascension, ascent, climb, distinction, flux, gain, hike, increase, pickup, preferment, progress, promotion, promotional, raise, rise, rising, scaling, step up, swell, swelling, upheaval, uprising, upsurge, upthrust), pahalanma, kızışma (becoming hot, boil, heat, heating, rut, rutting), gerginlik (distemper, frayed temper, jitters, strain, stress, stretch, tenseness, tension, the jitters, tightness). (various references) розгортання (deployment, discovery, evolution), ескалація, посилення (aggrandizement, aggravation, strengthening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "escalation": escalations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "escalation": deescalation, reescalation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "escalation": deescalations, reescalations. (additional references) | |
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"Escalation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: escallation, escalonia, escavation, esclation, esculation, scalation, scarlattian, seculation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "escalation" (pronounced e'skulā"shun) |
| 6 | -u l ā" sh u n | accumulation, adulation, annihilation, appellation, articulation, assimilation, calculation, cancellation, capitulation, coagulation, compilation, confabulation, congratulation, consolation, constellation, correlation, demodulation, depopulation, deregulation, desolation, distillation, elation, emulation, exhalation, extrapolation, fibrillation, formulation, gastrulation, granulation, inhalation, inoculation, installation, insulation, isolation, jubilation, manipulation, miscalculation, modulation, mutilation, oscillation, overpopulation, overregulation, ovulation, population, recalculation, regulation, reregulation, revelation, simulation, speculation, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, tabulation, titillation, tribulation, vacillation, ventilation, violation. |
| 5 | -l ā" sh u n | contemplation, deflation, dilation, disinflation, ejaculation, hyperinflation, inflation, legislation, reflation, relation, stagflation, translation, triangulation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, aspiration, assassination, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calibration, cannibalization, capitalization, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolidation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, elaboration, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, information, inhabitation, initiation, innovation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overvaluation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, stabilization, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, toleration, transformation, transillumination, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: analcites, anelastic, caseation, coastline, laitances, sectional. | |
-2 letters: aconites, alations, alnicoes, analcite, analects, canalise, canoeist, cataloes, coaliest, elations, estancia, insolate, lactones, laitance, lections, santalic, societal, sonicate, telsonic, toenails. | |
-3 letters: acetals, acetins, acinose, aconite, actinal, actions, aeolian, alation, alnicos, aloetic, anisole, anlaces, asocial, atonics, atonies, canolas, cantles, catalos, catenas, cations, catlins, celosia, centals, cineast, cineols. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: escalations, lacerations. | |
+2 letters: acetylations, altercations, anecdotalism, anecdotalist, cancelations, declamations, declarations, deescalation, defalcations, ejaculations, emasculation, exclamations, intercoastal, malefactions, reclamations, reescalation, sanctionable, speciational. | |
+3 letters: accelerations, anecdotalisms, anecdotalists, cancellations, confiscatable, coplanarities, deescalations, deglaciations, emasculations, encapsulation, galactosamine, kleptomaniacs, placentations, plantocracies, reallocations, reescalations. | |
+4 letters: antimetabolics, antineoplastic, cartelizations, catecholamines, cephalizations, compensational, condensational, conservational, conservatorial, constabularies, conversational, dogmaticalness, educationalist, encapsulations, fractionalizes, galactosamines, intercalations, lexicalisation, pleonastically, reapplications, recalculations, recalibrations, secularization, specialisation, specialization, valedictorians. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 73 63 61 6C 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). ... -.-. .- .-.. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110011 01100011 01100001 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E s c a l a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0073 0063 0061 006C 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39856967786786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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