The meaning of ESCALATE is to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope. How to use escalate in a sentence.

Add to word list increasing in price, amount, rate, etc.: escalating costs / prices / rates (Definition of escalating from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Definition of 'escalating' escalating in British English (ˈɛskəˌleɪtɪŋ ) adjective increasing in extent, intensity, or magnitude

To increase, enlarge, or intensify: escalated the hostilities in the Persian Gulf. 2. To pass (a transaction or case) on to a higher level in an organizational hierarchy: escalated the customer's complaint. …

The conflict has escalated into an all-out war. We are trying not to escalate the violence. Salaries of leading executives have continued to escalate. The cold weather has escalated fuel prices.

es•ca•late /ˈɛskəˌleɪt/ v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. to (cause to) increase in intensity, degree, or amount; to (cause to) rise: [no object] a time when the war escalated beyond control. [~ + object] The foes escalated …

escalate into something The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. escalate something (into something) We do not want to escalate the war. Violence between the two sides has been steadily escalating. …

To escalate is intensify or increase quickly. When you see this word, picture an escalator that takes you up to the next floor quickly. But remember, there's something you don't like on that higher level …

ESCALATE definition: to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.. See examples of escalate used in a sentence.

Since 1993, as successive central governments have restrained public spending and taxation, social services departments have experienced escalating demands for support but stringent budgetary …