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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesबढ़ाना
Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी
Pronunciation / Transliteration: baḍhānā
"विवाद और अधिक बढ़ सकता है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To become or cause to become more intense, serious, or severe.
"The dispute threatened to escalate into a full-scale conflict." - 2
To increase rapidly in value, cost, or amount.
"Property prices continue to escalate in the downtown area."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the mid-20th century as a back-formation from escalator, which ultimately derives from the Latin scala meaning ladder. Originally used in military contexts during the Cold War to describe the intensifying scale of a conflict, it broadened in general usage to mean increasing in intensity or scope.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Escalate" is said worldwide
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intensifier
Transliteration: /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fje/
"La situation risque d'intensifier."
eskalieren
Transliteration: /ɛskaˈliːʁən/
"Der Konflikt droht zu eskalieren."
intensificare
Transliteration: /in.ten.si.fiˈka.re/
"La tensione ha iniziato a intensificarsi."
escalar
Transliteration: /es.kaˈlaɾ/
"El problema podría escalar rápidamente."
escalar
Transliteration: /is.kaˈlaɾ/
"A disputa começou a escalar."
बढ़ाना
Transliteration: baḍhānā
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"विवाद और अधिक बढ़ सकता है।"
升级
Transliteration: shēngjí
Script: 中文汉字
"冲突可能会升级。"
고조되다
Transliteration: gojodweda
Script: 한국어 한글
"갈등이 고조될 우려가 있다."
エスカレートする
Transliteration: esukarēto suru
Script: 日本語
"事態がさらにエスカレートする恐れがある。"
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