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Definition: Meaning of, scale in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / skeɪl /

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scale scales
  1. size/level [singular, uncountable] the size or level of something, or the amount that something is happening
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  2. range [countable usually singular] a whole range of different types of people or things, from the lowest level to the highest
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  3. for weighing scales [plural] British English American English a machine for weighing people or objects
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  4. measuring system [countable] a system of numbers that is used for measuring the amount, speed, quality etc of something
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  5. measuring marks [countable] a set of marks with regular spaces between them on a tool that is used for measuring, or on the side of a mathematical drawing
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  6. map/model [uncountable and countable] the relationship between the size of a map, drawing, or model and the actual size of the place or thing that it represents
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  7. music [countable] a series of musical notes that become higher or lower, with fixed distances between each note
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  8. fish [countable usually plural] one of the small flat pieces of skin that cover the bodies of fish, snakes etc
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  9. teeth [uncountable] British English a white substance that forms on your teeth
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  10. water pipes [uncountable] a white substance that forms around the inside of hot water pipes or containers in which water is boiled
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  11. the scales fell from somebody's eyes literary used to say that someone suddenly realized something important
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
scale scaled scaled
Present Participle Third Person Singular
scaling scales
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  1. to climb to the top of something that is high and difficult to climb
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  2. technical to make writing or a picture the right size for a particular purpose
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  3. scale the heights to be extremely successful
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scale used in phrases

  • Beaufort scale (noun)
    1. hurricane calm air an international scale of wind force from 0 to 12
    2. a scale from 0 to 12 for the force of the wind
  • Binet-Simon Scale (noun)
    1. the first intelligence test
  • Brix scale (noun)
    1. a system for measuring the concentration of sugar solutions
  • C major scale (noun)
    1. music the major scale having no sharps or flats
  • Celsius scale (noun)
    1. a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees
  • Fahrenheit scale (noun)
    1. a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees
  • Kelvin scale (noun)
    1. a temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees; water freezes at 273.16 degrees and boils at 373.16 degrees
  • Mercalli scale (noun)
    1. geology a scale formerly used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake; an earthquake detected only by seismographs is a I and an earthquake that destroys all buildings is a XII
  • Mohs scale (noun)
    1. a scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance
  • Rankine scale (noun)
    1. a scale of absolute temperature in Fahrenheit degrees; the freezing point of water is 491.69 degrees and the boiling point of water is 671.69 degrees
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scale used in phrasal verbs

  • scale down (phrasal verb)
    1. to make something smaller in size, amount etc than it used to be
  • scale up (phrasal verb)
    1. to make something larger in size, amount etc than it used to be
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Pronunciation: ˈɛːpleɪn prəˈpɛlə
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