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Definitions

scale

[skeyl] / skeɪl /


VERB
ascend, climb
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




Example Sentences

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A few pieces of equipment are needed before you begin: a pizza steel or stone, a digital scale and an oven that can reach at least 500 degrees.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"The speed of our competitors requires that we shift into a higher gear" and "change the scale" of investment, Macron said during a visit to a supercomputing centre in Bruyeres-le-Chatel, south of Paris.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The casualties include Bijay Ghimere, the first mountaineer from Nepal's underprivileged Hindu Dalit community to scale Everest.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“Researchers track these whales daily, but we can scale their impact by crowdsourcing data from the many more numerous commercial and recreational boats, and building a centralized alert system,” Liccardo said in a release.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

But I do not need to scale the entire side.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga




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