The meaning of Scale

verb

Go up or climb.

Usage examples:

She ascended the stairs

verb

To move up or climb something

Usage examples:

[ t ] they slowly ascended the steep path up the mountain., [ i ] a long flight of steps ascends (=…

noun

An even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady.

Usage examples:

She lost her balance and fell

verb

Put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall.

Usage examples:

A mug that she balanced on her knee

noun

Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole

noun

The distance or measurement from side to side of something; width.

Usage examples:

The boat measured 27 feet in breadth

noun

The distance from one side of an object to the opposite side, esp. when it is shorter than the distance between the object’s other two sides

Usage examples:

The length of this box is twice its breadth., the breadth of his knowledge of history was impressive.

noun

The action or process of calibrating something.

Usage examples:

The measuring devices require calibration

noun

The units of measurement marked on an instrument so that it can measure accurately

Usage examples:

A fine catheter with 10-mm calibrations was inserted by the surgeon., at the rear of the heating el…

verb

Go or come up a (slope or staircase); ascend.

Usage examples:

We began to climb the hill

noun

An ascent, especially of a mountain or hill, by climbing.

Usage examples:

This walk involves a long moorland climb

verb

Go up or advance

noun

An instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.

Usage examples:

Walkers should be equipped with a map and compass

verb

Go round (something) in a circular course.

Usage examples:

The ship wherein magellan compassed the world

noun

A device for finding direction with a thin pointed metal part that turns to always point north

noun

Small pieces of dead skin in a person's hair.

Usage examples:

There was a certain amount of dandruff on the shirt

noun

Small, white bits of dead skin that sometimes gather in the hair or fall on the clothes, esp. on the shoulders

noun

The amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present.

Usage examples:

A degree of caution is probably wise

noun

An amount or level of something

Usage examples:

[ c ] this job demands a high degree of skill., [ c ] the house had also been damaged, but to a les…

noun

A measurable extent of a particular kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height.

Usage examples:

The final dimensions of the pond were 14 ft x 8 ft

verb

Form or shape (something) to particular measurements.

Usage examples:

The seats and backrests are dimensioned to withstand high loads from items such as unsecured luggage

noun

A measurement of something in a particular direction, esp. its height, length, or width

Usage examples:

The dimensions of the room are 26 feet by 15 feet., the new script gave the story a psychological d…

noun

The scaling of fortified walls using ladders, as a form of military attack.

Usage examples:

During an escalade a large number of ladders are required.

noun

The area covered by something.

Usage examples:

An enclosure ten acres in extent

noun

The area, length, or size of something

Usage examples:

Approaching the airport, you could see the full extent of the island., to some extent it was my fau…

noun

A small, flat, very thin piece of something, typically one which has broken away or been peeled off from a larger piece.

Usage examples:

He licked the flakes of croissant off his finger

verb

A crazy or eccentric person.

noun

A rack or shelf for storing or drying food such as fish.

phrasal verb

Move upward

noun

The quality of being energetic, determined, and enthusiastic

Usage examples:

We need someone with real get-up-and-go to run this office.

noun

A system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.

Usage examples:

The initiative was with those lower down in the hierarchy

noun

A system in which people or things are put at various levels or ranks according to their importance

Usage examples:

He rapidly rose in the corporate hierarchy.

noun

A system in which the people within a company or organization are organized into levels according to the authority they have

Usage examples:

Every organization has a hierarchy, and trying to understand that, and the systems and processes of…

noun

A piece of equipment consisting of a series of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal, or rope, used for climbing up or down something.

Usage examples:

You run around climbing ladders, shimmying across ropes and running from one platform to another, c…

verb

(with reference to tights or stockings) develop or cause to develop a ladder.

Usage examples:

I laddered my tights as i arrived this morning

noun

A piece of equipment used for climbing up and down, and consisting of two vertical bars joined by a set of horizontal steps

Usage examples:

Fig. in only a few years she managed to climb up the corporate ladder (= achieve success in the bus…

noun

A thin layer, membrane, or plate of tissue, especially in bone.

Usage examples:

Tunas have numerous lamellae (gill membranes) and very thin lamellar walls, and are able to extract…

noun

A thin layer, plate, or scale of sedimentary rock, organic tissue, or other material.

Usage examples:

The preservation of the delicate neural arch laminae in cervical and dorsal vertebrae further indic…

noun

A layer or thin sheet of tissue

noun

The great size or extent of something.

Usage examples:

They may feel discouraged at the magnitude of the task before them

verb

Climb up (stairs, a hill, or other rising surface).

Usage examples:

He mounted the steps

noun

A backing or setting on which a photograph, gem, or work of art is set for display.

Usage examples:

A decorated photograph mount

noun

A mountain or hill (archaic except in place names).

Usage examples:

Mount etna

noun

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Usage examples:

I filed the cards in alphabetical order

verb

Give an authoritative instruction to do something.

Usage examples:

She ordered me to leave

verb

Logical arrangement of different elements

noun

A flat dish, typically circular and made of china, from which food is eaten or served.

Usage examples:

He pushed his empty plate to one side and sipped his wine

verb

Cover (a metal object) with a thin coating of a different metal.

Usage examples:

The nickel is plated on the alloy or steel by using heat and chemistry.

noun

Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

noun

The process of developing or moving gradually towards a more advanced state.

Usage examples:

Good opportunities for career progression

noun

The process of changing or developing towards an improved situation or state

Usage examples:

(a) progression toward(s)/to sth the progression towards fairer and more open markets is happening …

noun

The area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.

Usage examples:

The cost will be in the range of $1–5 million a day

verb

Vary or extend between specified limits.

Usage examples:

Prices range from £30 to £100

adjective

(of a person or their lifestyle) orderly; settled.

Usage examples:

It's possible to be too rangé

noun

A position in a hierarchy or scale.

Usage examples:

His world number-one ranking

adjective

Having a specified rank in a hierarchy.

Usage examples:

High-ranking army officers

verb

Give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system.

Usage examples:

Students ranked the samples in order of preference

verb

Stretch out an arm in a specified direction in order to touch or grasp something.

Usage examples:

He reached over and turned off his bedside light

noun

An act of reaching out with one's arm.

Usage examples:

She made a reach for him

noun

An official list or record of names or items.

Usage examples:

A membership register

verb

Short for cash register.

verb

To record someone’s name or ownership of property on an official list

Usage examples:

[ t ] i registered the car in my name., [ + to infinitive ] voters have until february 16 to regist…

noun

The extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant.

Usage examples:

We widened the scope of our investigation

verb

Assess or investigate something.

Usage examples:

They'd scoped out their market

combining form

Denoting an instrument for observing, viewing, or examining.

Usage examples:

Microscope

noun

Flakes on the surface of the skin that form as fresh skin develops below, occurring especially as dandruff.

Usage examples:

If your horse has a lot of winter scurf, you may want to give him a bath prior to clipping (its ama…

noun

Very small pieces of dry dead skin

noun

A thickened horny or bony plate on a turtle's shell or on the back of a crocodile, stegosaurus, etc.

Usage examples:

Our recapture data indicated that texas tortoises accumulate 1 annulus/yr and the scute annuli tech…

noun

Another term for scute.

proper noun

A small constellation near the celestial equator (the shield), lying in the milky way between aquila and serpens.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation scutum.

Usage examples:

The star beta scuti

noun

A particular order in which related things follow each other.

Usage examples:

The content of the programme should follow a logical sequence

verb

Arrange in a particular order.

Usage examples:

Trainee librarians decide how a set of misfiled cards could be sequenced

noun

A series of related things or events, or the order in which things or events follow each other

Usage examples:

[ c ] the first chapter describes the strange sequence of events that led to his death., [ c ] the …

noun

A number of events, objects, or people of a similar or related kind coming one after another.

Usage examples:

The explosion was the latest in a series of accidents

noun

A number of similar or related events or things, one following another

Usage examples:

A series of scandals over the past year has not helped public confidence in the administration.

noun

A number of similar or related events or things, one following another

Usage examples:

A series of events/interviews/meetings, a series of articles/books/studies this is the first of a s…

noun

The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.

Usage examples:

The schools varied in size

verb

Alter or sort in terms of size or according to size.

Usage examples:

Twist drills are sized in millimetres

adjective

Having a specified size; sized.

Usage examples:

Marble-size chunks of hail

noun

A band of colours, as seen in a rainbow, produced by separation of the components of light by their different degrees of refraction according to wavelength.

Usage examples:

If viewed through a prism, however, there is a decomposition of the light into the colors of the sp…

noun

A range of objects, ideas, or opinions

Usage examples:

There’s agreement across the political spectrum., a wide spectrum of opinion was represented at the…

noun

A range of similar things

Usage examples:

A spectrum of sth a methodology will have to be developed to gradually cover the entire spectrum of…

verb

Open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length.

Usage examples:

I spread a towel on the sand and sat down

noun

The fact or process of spreading over an area.

Usage examples:

Warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease

verb

Distribute or disperse widely

noun

An apparatus for weighing that has a short arm taking the item to be weighed and a long graduated arm along which a weight is moved until it balances.

Usage examples:

The patented invention for which he is best known, and which was the basis for his success as a man…

noun

A number of people or things of a similar kind following one after the other.

Usage examples:

She had been secretary to a succession of board directors

noun

A series of things coming one after another

Usage examples:

[ c ] a succession of scandals, [ u ] in rapid succession he lost his job, his wife, and his health…

noun

A number of similar people or events that exist or happen one after another

Usage examples:

A succession of sth the company has been involved in a succession of accounting scandals., they emp…

verb

Clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.

Usage examples:

I've swept the floor

noun

An act of sweeping something with a brush.

Usage examples:

I was giving the floor a quick sweep