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ESCALATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does escalation mean?
• ESCALATION (noun)
The noun ESCALATION has 1 sense:
1. an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy
Familiarity information: ESCALATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
there was a gradual escalation of hostilities
Hypernyms ("escalation" is a kind of...):
increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)
Derivation:
escalate (increase in extent or intensity)
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