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Spell Bee Word: escalate


Basic Details

Word: Escalate

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To grow quickly bigger, more serious or more intense, like an argument turning into a fight.

Synonyms: increase, worsen, intensify

Antonyms: reduce, lessen

How to Spell Escalate

Syllables: es - ca - late

Tricky part: Both vowels after sc and after l are a. People often write esculate or escelate.

Watch out for: esculate, escelate, excalate

Memory tip: An escalator carries you up, and when things escalate they go up too. Take escalator, drop the or, add e.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The small argument escalated into a shouting match.

Example 2: Prices of tomatoes escalated after the heavy rains.

Example 3: Teachers stepped in before the fight could escalate.

Fun Fact

The verb escalate was formed from escalator in the 1920s, so the name of the moving staircase came first.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

escalate

a) grow
b) reduce
c) increase
d) worsen

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b) reduce. When things escalate they get bigger, and when we reduce them they get smaller.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

esc_l_te

a) a, e
b) u, a
c) a, a
d) e, a

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c) a, a. Both gaps take a, as they do in escalator.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) multeply
b) agrivate
c) magnefy
d) escalate

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d) escalate. Aggravate, multiply and magnify, all words about making things bigger, are misspelt here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a quarrel escalates, it ____.

a) is forgotten
b) becomes more serious
c) ends at once
d) turns into a joke

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b) becomes more serious

2. Which noun is closely linked to escalate?

a) escalator
b) excavator
c) elevator
d) ventilator

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a) escalator

Associated Words

heartyidlenesscosmogonyconstitutionavailable
emotionalfloradevastateddearthdashboard

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