ESCALATION Synonyms

• a movement forward

• a change for the better; progress in development

• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• an amount paid before it is earned

• increase in price or value

• being ahead of time or need

• situated ahead or going before

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• bring forward for consideration or acceptance

• increase or raise

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• cause to move forward

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

• develop in a positive way

• develop further

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• pay in advance

• move forward

• rise in rate or price

• addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail

• the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

• (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current

• the amount by which something becomes greater

• the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)

• the act of augmenting

• the event of something being raised upward

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

• a raised or elevated geological formation

• distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)

• (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump

• drawing of an exterior of a structure

• the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something

• the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• a function expressed as a sum or product of terms

• a discussion that provides additional information

• adding information or detail

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a progression from simpler to more complex forms

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• vegetation that has grown

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

• something grown or growing

• a quantity that is added

• a change resulting in an increase

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• the amount by which something increases

• the act of increasing something

• become bigger or greater in amount

• make bigger or more

• action that makes something stronger or more extreme

• the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film)

• a growth in strength or number or importance

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• a movement upward; rise above the ground

• the amount a salary is increased

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

• an increase in cost

• increase in price or value

• move upward

• increase in value or to a higher point

• rise to one's feet

• rise up

• come to the surface

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• move to a better position in life or to a better job

• go up or advance

• become more extreme

• get up and out of bed

• rise in rank or status

• become heartened or elated

• exert oneself to meet a challenge

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• increase in volume

• come up, of celestial bodies

• return from the dead

• a sudden forceful flow

• a sudden or abrupt strong increase

• a large sea wave

• rise and move, as in waves or billows

• rise rapidly

• rise or move forward

• rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave

• see one's performance improve

• a sudden forceful flow

• a sudden or abrupt strong increase

• an upward movement or trend as in business activity

• An upward swing

• (by extension) an upward trend or an increase in activity

• To swing upward.