[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/escalation.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / escalation

[← E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/E/)

# escalation

«escalation» in Mova's school dictionary: **when something becomes bigger, worse or more serious…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (escalation; an escalation, escalations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Escalation is when something becomes bigger, worse or more serious, step by step, like a fight or a war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#m1)

2) A rise in amounts or prices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In news (escalation of a conflict) and in PSHE lessons on conflict: shouting, then pushing, then fighting is escalation; «de-escalation» means calming things down. Phrases: «escalation of violence», «avoid escalation», «de-escalation».

### examples

- Name-calling led to an escalation, and soon they were pushing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#x1)
- Leaders met to stop the escalation of the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#x2)
- There was an escalation in prices at the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#x3)
- Walking away can prevent escalation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#x4)
- The teacher stopped the argument before any escalation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#x5)
- The escalation of the storm forced us inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#x6)

### note

Verb: «escalate». Opposite: «de-escalation». Related: «escalator» (moving stairs), which goes up step by step too.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «escalation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.