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scaled up

scaled up is the simple past and past participle of scale up.

Meaning of scale up

Verb

scale up (third-person singular simple present scales up, present participle scaling up, simple past and past participle scaled up)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scale, up.
    Antonyms:
    scale down
  2. To increase the size of something whilst maintaining proportion.
    • Near-synonym: magnify
    Synonyms:
    magnify
    Antonyms:
    scale down, shrink
  3. To change a process in order to allow for greater quantities.
    • Near-synonyms: expand, grow
    Synonyms:
    expand, grow
    Antonyms:
    cut back, scale down

Adjective

scaled up (not comparable)

  1. Increased in size or capacity

Synonyms of scaled up

Questions about scaled up

What does scaled up mean?
Scaled up means increased in size or capacity.
What is scaled up the simple past and past participle of?
Scaled up is the simple past and past participle of scale up.
What part of speech is scaled up?
Scaled up is an adjective.

Words near scaled up in the dictionary

  1. scaled out
  2. scaled quail
  3. scaled quails
  4. scaled question
  5. scaled questions
  6. scaled up
  7. scaledown
  8. scaledowns
  9. scaledrake
  10. scalefish
  11. scalefishes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scaled up (page history and authors); scale up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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