scale1 nounscale2 verb
scalescale1 /skeɪl/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- At the upper end of the scale is the Parker School, with tuition of over $9,000 a year.
- Greg stood on the bathroom scale and looked in the mirror.
- Hurricanes are graded on a scale from one to five, with five the strongest.
- On a scale of one to ten, ten being best, his new movie is a two.
- Rescue workers are trying to assess the scale of the disaster.
- Scientists are only just beginning to realize the scale of the problem.
- the scale on a thermometer
- the F major scale
- The map was drawn to a scale of one inch to the mile.
- The researchers devised a scale to measure people's attitudes toward certain types of behavior.
- The salary scale goes from $60,000 to $175,000.
- We were not expecting a public response on such a scale.
- At the other end of the scale, good advice in these shops is sometimes very expensive.
- Economies of scale and the use of computers were expected to reduce administrative costs.
- How might we apply the lesson that these organizers learned on the much greater scale of an entire nation?
- In order to ingratiate himself with the populace, he rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem on a hitherto unprecedented scale.
- Seven of their 1:20 scale models have been chosen for exhibition and two have been combined to provide the full-scale installation.
- The association between echographic measurement and visual scales is a simple method of evaluating the relationship between the stomach and appetite.
- There is one large pointed slightly rugose tentacle scale on each pore.
- This guy tips the scale at 400 pounds.
Longman Language Activatorhow big something is
· He was incredibly aggressive - it was only his size that stopped me from hitting him.· The sheer size of the building was amazing.· I hadn't realized the size of the problem until now.of that size · They shouldn't keep a dog of that size in such a small apartment.
use this to talk about or ask about the size of something: · I'm not sure how big the house is.· How big do these fish grow?
the size of something such as a problem or a change, not of an object, vehicle etc: on a scale: · We were not expecting a public response on such a scale.the scale of something: · Rescue workers are trying to assess the scale of the disaster.· Scientists are only just beginning to realize the scale of the problem.
formal: the magnitude of a problem/disaster/decision etc how big and important or serious something is: · I cannot emphasize too strongly the magnitude of this problem.of this/such magnitude: · Decisions of this magnitude should not be taken by one person alone.· The oil spillage in the Gulf was of such magnitude that its effects will last for decades.
having a big effect · The city has a big problem with drugs.· If you think I'm coming with you, you're making a big mistake.
having a serious and important effect, especially on a lot of people, places, situations etc: · Heavy traffic is a major problem in most cities.· Think carefully before you decide on such a major undertaking.· Nuclear weapons are a major obstacle on the road to peace.
formal having a fairly large or important effect: · The recent slowdown in the US economy is likely to have a considerable impact on the rest of the world.· There was a considerable delay in the processing of our application.
use this to emphasize how much of an effect something has, especially a good effect: · Thanks. You've been a great help.· It would be of great assistance if customers could have the exact money ready.· I have great difficulty in reading without my glasses.
use this to emphasize that something is extremely big, important, or serious: · The city of Detroit has a huge crime problem.· Enormous changes are taking place in the way we communicate with each other.· The difference between living in the country and living in the city is immense.· His contribution to the team's success has been immense.
use this to emphasize how big, important, and often exciting an effect will be: · My new job will be a tremendous challenge.· Your advice has been a tremendous help to us.· It was a tremendous thrill, meeting her in person.
involving a lot of money or effort, or a lot of people or places: · Large-scale development has given new life to the inner city.· We need large-scale investment in the industry's future.on a large scale: · Developing countries will need help on a large scale for many years to come.
a standard by which something is judged a level of quality, skill, achievement etc by which something is judged: · Shakespeare is the standard against which all playwrights must be measured.· Many Europeans who consider themselves to be poor are rich by the standards of some Third World countries.
a set of standards, levels, or degrees against which you can compare and judge things: · On a scale of one to ten, ten being best, his new movie is a two.· The researchers devised a scale to measure people's attitudes toward certain types of behavior.
a standard you use in order to judge people or things, especially one that may be different from the standard used by other people or organizations: · The company's criterion for success is high sales.· Changing the college admissions criteria will have a serious effect.set of criteria (=group of standards): · The group ranks cities according to its own set of criteria.
a very high standard of quality, achievement, or excellence, against which all other things have to be compared and judged: · Under Coach Wooden, UCLA men's basketball was so successful it was the benchmark other teams measured themselves against.benchmark for: · In the 1960s and 1970s the Swedish political system was regarded as a benchmark for other European countries.
a person or thing that you compare another person or thing with, in order to judge how good or successful they are: · Many teachers say the primary school tests are not a useful educational yardstick.yardstick for: · The hospital has developed a treatment for cancer which has become the yardstick for all other treatments.
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nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1phrases
The government will conduct a full-scale inquiry into the crash. We are only now realizing the huge scale of the problem. a royal palace on a lavish scale two parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum a severe earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale Crime has increased on an unprecedented scale.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· This technology has been developed on a large scale in the US.
· The drug is produced on a massive scale.
(=very large and impressive)· The Romans built on a grand scale.
· They started by producing and selling on a small scale.
(=one that is small enough for people to understand and be happy with)· Architects have been asked to redesign some of the buildings on a more human scale.
(=involving the whole country)· The survey was carried out on a national scale.
(=involving more than one country)· Preparations to deal with an outbreak of the disease are being made on an international scale.
(=involving the whole world)· This is a product that can be sold in high volumes on a global scale.
(=more than ever before)· Propaganda techniques were used on an unprecedented scale.
(=ways of saving money that are available to large organizations)· Merging these departments will create economies of scale.
adjectives· He acknowledged that the full scale of the problem was not known.
(=used for emphasis)· He was shocked by the sheer scale of the suffering he witnessed.
Meanings 2 & 4phrases· At the top of the scale come the predators.
· He started at the bottom of the pay scale.
(=the top or bottom)· At the other end of the scale, the youngest competitor was just sixteen years old.
· Peasants managed their land as skilfully as some people higher up the social scale.
· Bonuses are not paid to people lower down the salary scale.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + scale· At the other end of the social scale, life is a constant struggle to get enough to eat.
(=the way in which animals have developed over time from simple ones to more complicated and more intelligent ones)· Birds are much lower on the evolutionary scale than dogs.
· As a senior teacher, she has reached the top of her pay scale.
verbs· Some farmers prospered and moved up the social scale.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=that uses all the available soldiers and weapons)· German troops launched a full-scale attack on the city.
(=showing the correct relative sizes of things)· The architect made a scale drawing of the new room.
· The company has grown into a large-scale enterprise that employs hundreds of people.
· The tax will affect owners of small-scale enterprises consisting of up to ten people.
The government will conduct a full-scale inquiry into the crash. We are only now realizing the huge scale of the problem. a royal palace on a lavish scale (=showing a small area in a lot of detail)· a large-scale map of Paris
two parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum· The company is preparing large-scale redundancies at its British factories.
a severe earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale (=a serious riot, not only a little fighting)· The disturbance escalated into a full-scale riot.
(=the list of increasing salaries that someone in a job can earn)· He is almost at the top of his salary scale.
(=when a lot of people are unemployed)· Large-scale unemployment among young people could have terrible social consequences.
Crime has increased on an unprecedented scale.· The different scales of manufacture can give products which behave differently on stability tests.· Different states and different scales create vastly different effects across the ecological spectrum.· It may be the case that adjacent maps use different projections or scales.· These factors clearly operate at different scales.· Originally, a long, long time ago, they used a completely different melodic scale to ours.· By setting them to different scales harmonic progressions which would be unplayable on a single harp are made possible.· The movies had broken through to a vast new public and everything was on a different scale.· Political interventions can also work according to different time scales.
· The arena was almost full and it had all the makings of a full scale rumble.· A full scale riot was building.· The full scale of destruction remains unclear.· But I wasn't into heroin on a full scale for a few years after that.· The Dukes halted the full scale destruction of the Forest, although only fragments remain today.· It is the first-ever full scale play to be presented in the 140 year history of St George's Hall.· Gold was found there and a full scale conservation row broke out as mining exploration started.· A full scale sample, to be representative, may mean carrying out many interviews over a geographically dispersed area.
· Applied on the present global scale, it is downright dangerous.· The new model is global in scale, an interdependent network.· The global rating scale was used as described by Jaeschke.· Expectations regarding the outcome of treatment were also measured. Global rating scales were used to determine outcome expectations.· They are doomed by exploitative capital operating on a global scale.· We are entering an era of distance and diversity on a global scale.· Chemically based methods of attending to disease and their toxic effects will soon be replaced by electro-magnetic therapy on a global scale.· Major companies must operate on a global scale. 2.
· This is woodworking on a grand scale.· Beyond this potential for human suffering, the global ignorance of longitude wreaked economic havoc on the grandest scale.· What is more, there is duplication of activity on a grand scale.· Not everything is on such a grand scale.· This is a portrayal of malevolence on a grand scale.· So that was it-an extended press conference on the grand scale!· They were good natured and got things done without a fuss, usually on a grand scale.· In this part of the book we shall consider mysteries on the grand scale - and also on the inconceivably tiny.
· I think the huge scale massacre of pheasants is revolting.· Other artists have created even more literal images, on a huge scale.· As recent work indicated. it too was redeveloped within its older Roman walls on a huge scale in late Saxon times.· Theirs are played out on a huge scale.· Natural or inevitable monopolies such as electricity generation enjoy huge economies of scale.· Hirst admits that there is much difficulty ahead: ... our ignorance on a huge scale re-asserts itself.· Former heathland too was broken up into fields on a huge scale, as Professor Hoskins rightly stresses.
· Trade, output, and employment suffered as a consequence on an international scale.· In their interplay, the two developments tended to reinforce each other on an international scale.· The point that capitalist planning is increasingly conducted on an international scale poses problems for the socialist project.· It is instructive at this point to return to the issue of national versus international economies of scale.· These often worked on an international scale, and the results showed in their products.· They can only be overcome by action on an international scale, rather than by castigating one or two countries.· On an international scale Louth sits right on the line dividing the Eastern hemisphere from the Western.· Some sites are so important that it may be necessary for a rescue operation on an international scale.
· They are labour intensive, however, and complex to perform on a large scale, for example, in clinical regimens.· But what works on a small scale can be a disaster on a large scale.· This fish has a long, flattened body covered in large, iridescent scales that reflect the light beautifully.· AID-funded program that provides scholarships to girls in the Sharasti Upazila area has demonstrated the same point on a vastly larger scale.· In some cultural sectors these economic interests are measured on a very large scale.· We exploited the economics of small scale and laid to rest the diseconomies of large scale.· Gifts in kind on a larger scale by local shops or firms also exist on a large scale.· But we have just seen that under current assumptions larger scale and diversity are associated with larger industry gross output.
· To give body to the reforms new building was needed on a massive scale.· It was the first time women used e-mail on such a massive scale to network and to influence the foreign policy community.· There was also evidence of vote-buying on a massive scale.· The assumption here seems to be that responsiveness is higher when government does not become too massive in scale. 2.· We pollute our globe on an increasingly massive scale because something has died in us.· But the Oregon story also illustrates some of the difficulties that will accompany legislative changes on such a massive scale.· These were fakes on a massive scale.· And who are these guys to second-guess the Founding Fathers on such a massive scale?
· If that was done on a national scale we would wipe out this disease.· There is no registry for providing data on a national scale.· The aim is to provide a comprehensive range of services and expertise on a national scale to the business community in particular.· No program in existence on a national or statewide scale has ever dared to speak in terms like these.· Note that there is no longer a fixed national scale figure.· To attempt to forecast the effects of changing regulations on a national scale is very difficult.· Similar variations are evident on a national scale.· The drama of social life, even on a national scale, in some sense is a social laboratory.
· It was not until daylight broke that the sheer scale of the devastation could be seen.· Anyone wishing to tackle crime rates must pay enormous attention to youth crime because of its sheer scale.· Its sheer scale means that it is important at this stage not to be distracted by companies making misleading ethical claims.· The sheer scale of the service sector has made it the focus for attack by the proponents of the de-industrialisation thesis.· Sometimes the sheer scale of the horror may demand action.· A bigger one is sheer scale.· This, and the sheer scale of the parks, is what strikes the first-time visitor.· But the sheer scale of corruption could well bring them on to the streets again.
· The rest of the kitty will be divided among the other 21 clubs on a sliding scale in units of £35,000.· The fee is on a sliding scale according to value, and nobody who appraises for us is paid for it.· So it was that the trade emulated this sliding scale system for the populace at large.· There was a sliding scale in between.· Fees will be on a sliding scale, and there will be a creche available.· The cancellation fee is usually expressed as a percentage of the contract price, and varies on a sliding scale.· The blow would be softened slightly for those affected by substantial compensation on a pro-rata and sliding scale basis.
· Teacher education is a smaller scale enterprise than it was at the time of the events I have recorded.· We exploited the economics of small scale and laid to rest the diseconomies of large scale.· As mentioned previously, in its unusual level of incomers west Thurso resembles a new town, albeit on a smaller scale.· Making deals happen, at least on a smaller scale, is what Gosman has been doing since September 1994.· But the size of the buildings suggests that uranium enrichment at Dimona is carried out on a relatively small scale.· Chain had overcome the problems which had defeated every previous experimenter with penicillin, but only on a small scale.· There is one small pointed tentacle scale on each pore.· The method of attribution by provenance works best with coinages of a small scale or a low value, such as bronze coinage.
· Many after all had served in households not much better than their own, for servant-keeping reached well down the social scale.· Teaching did provide an opportunity for young people to move up the social scale.· Even the way he looked at them was enough to assure her that they were way down on the social scale.· Luckily for us scramblers, there is a group even further down the mountain social scale.· It is now necessary to consider how far down the social scale these party tensions permeated.· He had no grave goods and that marked him pretty low both on the social scale and with the archaeologists.· Discontent lower down the social scale was no less intense.· Right across the social scale, religion made little perceptible difference to the outward shape of life.
· In order to ingratiate himself with the populace, he rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem on a hitherto unprecedented scale.· And I knew it was a diversity facing pressures of unprecedented scale.· Planning such experiences will involve library instructional coordination on an unprecedented scale.· Why has the Supreme Court set itself against the will of the majority on such an unprecedented scale?· Boldly going where no man has gone before has brought Brittain success on an unprecedented scale.· Yes, we are predators; we are consumers on an unprecedented scale in history.· The truth is that the great economic boom provided employment - at home and for emigrants abroad-on a quite unprecedented scale.
NOUN· In the absence of scale economy benefits, horizontal mergers are likely to be socially undesirable.· The characteristics of electronics production and marketing seem to demand companies which can combine scale economies with quick-footed innovation.· Perfect contestability, remember, assumes that any scale economies arise through fixed rather than sunk costs.· Suppose upstream scale economies are extensive.· But Weitzman claims that scale economies can not arise purely through fixed costs; that these costs must be sunk.· The argument that fixed costs are incompatible with scale economies is as follows.· But the relative strength of scale economies and political protectionism varies greatly between different communications fields.· One reason is that there may be efficiency gains from merger, e.g. due to scale economies.
· This was approximately one fifth full size, but was a working mock-up rather than a true scale model.· And yet, that lifetime was a kind of scale model for what followed.· Seven of their 1:20 scale models have been chosen for exhibition and two have been combined to provide the full-scale installation.· A section on the skyscraper with amazing scale models shows the growth and diversity in this monumental building style.· A method of reconstruction which incorporates some of the advantages of both physical reconstruction and reconstruction drawings is the scale model.· The show features original architectural drawings, photos, scale models and videos.· It is a one-fifth scale model of Endeavour, built using traditional methods, but also allowing for modern safety requirements.· A fab yellow scale model of a woman playing a guitar!
· Recite my entire career history complete with qualifications, pay scale, dates of promotions and dossier of official merit-ratings and reprimands?· Especially at its lower end of the pay scale, the job world does not reward people adequately.· Similarly, we might consider whether educational qualifications or length of service are not also components of pay scales in Western companies.· Others are bumping up pay scales to stop staff being poached and to attract crews.· Structures have been used to implement pay scales rather than principles of organisational design.· One approach to tackling this issue would be to encourage firms to promulgate, promote and publish pay scales and pay decisions.· They are also paying top officials 10% over the normal pay scales.· Aurigny's pay scales have traditionally been below the industry average.
· Why was it so important to get Steiner back and in the time scale indicated?· Geologists have to time Earth processes that lie in a great range of time periods, or time scales.· Systems should by now have been analysed to ensure that the correct information is provided, and within the time scales allowed.· On a geologic time scale of millions to hundreds of millions of years, Earth is far less stable.· Before very long on a planetary time scale the surface temperatures would reach Cytherean values.· Furthermore, ocean-floor rocks are recycled on time scales of tens of millions of years.· However, this does not persist over a long time scale and is often not to be observed at all.· Equally important in the value of time scales is the help they give us in figuring out how something happened.
· Finally, it ushered in a period of an increasing interlocking of economies on a world scale dominated by a capitalist centre.· One of the clearest indications of the trend of modern capitalism has been the erosion of bourgeois democracy on a world scale.· Neoliberalism has been disgraced on a world scale and the haute bourgeoisie has lost some of its confidence.· In a chain reaction on a world scale, prices on innumerable commodities skyrocketed within weeks.· Do you have sufficient enterprises which are competitive on a world scale to boost your exports in this way?· The organization it seeks to build is a definite means to a definite end-the victory of the proletariat on a world scale.· Have we become blind to connections in work and labour conditions on a world scale?· They launched the Third International in 1919 to promote this task on a world scale.
VERB· Certainly textiles were produced on a widespread basis, although it is impossible to measure the scale of manufacture.· Too sporadic to measure on the feh scale.· Probability is measured on a scale from 0 to 1.· There is no opinion poll mechanism for measuring the scale of social unrest.· Their responses showed little indication of an overwhelming conservatism, as measured by this scale.
· Thus can a minuscule particle tip the scales one way or another.· Second, the Constitution tips the scales in favor of the individual over the state in highly personal matters.· Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset, she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.· Mr Bates thinks the disappearance of November's protest vote could tip the scales his way.· This guy tips the scale at 400 pounds.· For geophysicists in general, it is yet another chunk of evidence tipping the scales toward an integrated view of the earth.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► scalesPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the diatonic scale► on a heroic scale/of heroic proportions► the Richter scale
1size/level [singular, uncountable] the size or level of something, or the amount that something is happeningscale of- It's high time the scales fell from our eyes, and our bathrooms.
- Analogously, large loans attract a lower interest rate than small loans because of the administrative economies of scale.
- Each has been trying to outbid the rest in an attempt to gain market share and so exploit economies of scale.
- However, just to confuse matters, economies of scale plus economies of scope do not imply subadditivity.
- The benefits of reaping economies of scale depend upon how far costs fall as output levels are increased.
- There are a number of qualifications to this prediction, apart from the possibility of economies of scale discussed above.
- This is not to say that mass markets have disintegrated or that economies of scale are irrelevant to competitive performance.
- World trade, then, allows what economists call economies of scale.
- Yet it is clear that transport costs can have important consequences in the presence of economies of scale.
- At today's weigh-in, he tipped the scales at just over 15 stone.
- I went to see Hoppy for a checkup and I tip the scales at exactly eighty-six pounds.
- Reports claimed that the elfin figured star's weight plunged terrifyingly until she tipped the scales at a mere five stones.
- Sid Kelly, who minds the net for table-topping Eccleshall, is believed to tip the scales at around 20 stones.
- Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset, she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.
- Your support tipped the balance in our favor.
- I went to see Hoppy for a checkup and I tip the scales at exactly eighty-six pounds.
- Mr Bates thinks the disappearance of November's protest vote could tip the scales his way.
- Perhaps remorse at having joined it had tipped the balance of Fred's mind.
- Second, the Constitution tips the scales in favor of the individual over the state in highly personal matters.
- Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset, she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.
- They viewed the Soviet moves as an effort to tip the scales against the West.
- Thus can a minuscule particle tip the scales one way or another.
We had underestimated the scale of the problem.on a large/small/grand etc scale There has been housing development on a massive scale since 1980. Most alternative technologies work best on a small scale. A structural survey revealed the full scale of the damage. I was shocked by the sheer scale (=very big scale) of the destruction.on a global/international/world scale Pollution could cause changes to weather patterns on a global scale. Large firms benefit from economies of scale (=ways of saving money because they are big).2range [countable usually singular] a whole range of different types of people or things, from the lowest level to the highest: Some rural schools have 50 pupils, while at the other end of the scale are city schools with nearly 5,000 pupils.up/down the scale She gradually made her way up the social scale. animals which are lower down the evolutionary scale (=the range of animals that have developed gradually over a long time)3for weighing scales [plural] British English, scale [countable] American English a machine for weighing people or objects: a set of kitchen scales some new bathroom scales (=scales that you use to weigh yourself) → tip the balance/scales at tip2(6)4measuring system [countable] a system of numbers that is used for measuring the amount, speed, quality etc of somethingon a scale The earthquakes measured 7 on the Richter scale. changes to the company’s pay scale Your performance will be judged on a scale of 1 to 10. We use a sliding scale (=in which prices are not firmly fixed) for charges.5measuring marks [countable] a set of marks with regular spaces between them on a tool that is used for measuring, or on the side of a mathematical drawing: a ruler with a metric scale6map/model [countable, uncountable] the relationship between the size of a map, drawing, or model and the actual size of the place or thing that it represents: a map with a scale of 1:250,000to scale All our models are made to scale.scale model/drawing etc (=one done using a strict scale) a scale drawing of the Eiffel Tower7music [countable] a series of musical notes that become higher or lower, with fixed distances between each note: the scale of G major8fish [countable usually plural] one of the small flat pieces of skin that cover the bodies of fish, snakes etc9teeth [uncountable] British English a white substance that forms on your teeth10water pipes [uncountable] a white substance that forms around the inside of hot water pipes or containers in which water is boiled11the scales fell from somebody’s eyes literary used to say that someone suddenly realized something important → full-scaleCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1phraseson a large scale· This technology has been developed on a large scale in the US.on a massive/huge scale· The drug is produced on a massive scale.on a grand scale (=very large and impressive)· The Romans built on a grand scale.on a small scale· They started by producing and selling on a small scale.on a human scale (=one that is small enough for people to understand and be happy with)· Architects have been asked to redesign some of the buildings on a more human scale.on a national scale (=involving the whole country)· The survey was carried out on a national scale.on an international scale (=involving more than one country)· Preparations to deal with an outbreak of the disease are being made on an international scale.on a global/world scale (=involving the whole world)· This is a product that can be sold in high volumes on a global scale.on an unprecedented scale (=more than ever before)· Propaganda techniques were used on an unprecedented scale.economies of scale (=ways of saving money that are available to large organizations)· Merging these departments will create economies of scale.adjectivesthe full scale of something· He acknowledged that the full scale of the problem was not known.the sheer scale of something (=used for emphasis)· He was shocked by the sheer scale of the suffering he witnessed.COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 2 & 4phrasesthe top of a scale· At the top of the scale come the predators.the bottom of a scale· He started at the bottom of the pay scale.the end of a scale (=the top or bottom)· At the other end of the scale, the youngest competitor was just sixteen years old.further/higher up a scale· Peasants managed their land as skilfully as some people higher up the social scale.further/lower down a scale· Bonuses are not paid to people lower down the salary scale.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + scalethe social scale· At the other end of the social scale, life is a constant struggle to get enough to eat.the evolutionary scale (=the way in which animals have developed over time from simple ones to more complicated and more intelligent ones)· Birds are much lower on the evolutionary scale than dogs.a pay/salary scale· As a senior teacher, she has reached the top of her pay scale.verbsmove up/down a scale· Some farmers prospered and moved up the social scale.scale1 nounscale2 verb
scalescale2 verb VERB TABLE
scale
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | scale |
| he, she, it | scales | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | scaled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have scaled |
| he, she, it | has scaled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had scaled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will scale |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have scaled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am scaling |
| he, she, it | is scaling | |
| you, we, they | are scaling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was scaling |
| you, we, they | were scaling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been scaling |
| he, she, it | has been scaling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been scaling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be scaling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been scaling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Corbett has scaled El Capitan in Yosemite a record 46 times.
- Somehow the men had scaled the twenty foot wall without setting off the alarm.
- Chapters 9 and 10 deal with issues directly linked to scaling laws in chemistry and analytical devices.
- Marsalis scales the stratospheric extreme of the piccolo trumpet without a single bobble.
- Paramount released 14 films in 1995 and some reports say Redstone has asked that number be scaled back.
- Sainty, like many others, had scaled down this year, leaving the million dollar plus pictures at home.
- Some banks try to scale their prices down for small-business customers to entice them to use electronic services.
- The output reading obtained with the enlarged input is then correspondingly scaled down.
- Underneath, I have I copied the graphic into a Draw 98 frame and scaled that instead.
THESAURUS
to move up, down, or across something using your hands and feet: · Most kids love climbing trees.· Several fans climbed onto the roof of the arena to get a better view.· She climbed down the ladder.
formal to climb up something: · He began to ascend the narrow winding staircase.· the first man to ascend Mount Everest
to climb up something such as a slope or stairs: · He went up the steps to the platform.· Sonia was quiet as they went up the hill.
formal to climb to the top of something such as a high wall or fence: · Somehow the men had scaled the twenty-foot wall without setting off the alarm.· Protestors scaled the walls of the building and hung banners.· Rescuers had to scale a one-thousand-foot cliff before they could reach the injured climber.
to climb somewhere with difficulty, using your hands to help you: · At last we saw the two girls clambering down the slope to safety.· Everyone clambered onto the back of the truck.
to climb somewhere quickly and with difficulty, using your hands to help you, especially when you are walking: · They scrambled up the steep rocky bank.
Longman Language Activatorto climb up or down something to move up towards the top of a wall, mountain, tree etc, using your hands and feet: · Most kids love climbing trees.· Trying not to look down, Alan began to climb.climb up/over/onto etc: · Several fans climbed onto the roof of the arena to get a better view.· One of the boys lost his footing as he was climbing up the steepest part of the cliff.climb down (=go down a wall, tree etc using your hands and feet): · The burglar escaped by climbing down a drainpipe.
especially written to climb to the top of something very high, especially something that is very difficult or dangerous to climb: · Somehow the men had scaled the twenty-foot wall without setting off the alarm.· Rescuers had to scale a one-thousand-foot cliff before they could reach the injured climber.
to climb in an awkward way or with difficulty, but moving fairly quickly: clamber up/down/to etc: · At last we saw the two girls clambering down the slope to safety.· Hundreds of people clambered to the roof of the building to watch the fire spread.
British /shinny up/down American to climb up or down something tall and narrow such as a pipe, tree, or rope, by wrapping your legs around it and pulling yourself up with your arms: · I locked myself out of the house and had to shinny up a drainpipe to get in.· We watched as small boys shinned up palm trees and brought coconuts down.· Craig shinned down the rope to where we were standing.
the act of climbing something, especially a mountain: · The men began their final ascent at six o'clock the next day.· He wrote a best-selling book about the first ascent of Everest.
when a company reduces its activities, the amount it spends etc also scale back American to reduce something, such as the size of an organization or a plan, so that it is still operating but on a smaller level: scale down/back something: · European central banks have scaled down their operations in South Africa.scale something down/back: · The two companies have announced plans to scale back production next year.· Development projects were scaled down, and some proposals for new buildings were put on hold.
to reduce the numbers of something or the time or money spent on something, especially because you can no longer afford to continue at the previous level: cut back on: · Her friends know that she is under stress and have warned her to cut back on her workload.cut back something: · Our budget has been cut back this year.· Farmers have agreed to cut back wheat production.cut something back: · We have had to cut expenditure back in an effort to increase profits.
especially American to reduce the number of people who work for a company, especially in order to save money: · They are downsizing the workforce in a desperate attempt to save the firm.· Advised to rightsize its operation, the company has shrunk to 2,000 employees.
to reduce something by small amounts over a period of time so that the effect is not very serious or noticeable while it is happening: pare down something: · The company has pared down expenditure and hopes to recoup its losses this year.pare something down: · We have managed to pare our costs down to the absolute minimum.
also rationalise British to try to make a company more effective by getting rid of unnecessary workers etc: · We are a small company, and we need to rationalize if we want to compete in this market.· The company has done a lot to rationalize production.
to gradually reduce the work of a company or organization so that it can be closed down completely: wind something down: · The old sickness benefit system is slowly being wound down.wind something down: · I want to return in a few years' time - I've already started to wind the business down.
especially British to deliberately make something such as a company, an industry, or a public service weaker and weaker, by giving it less and less money: run down something: · Opposition leaders are accusing the government of running down the Health Service.run something down: · They buy up rival companies then just run them down.
to reduce something by a small amount that will not harm or change it very much, especially in order to save money: · By trimming costs and improving service the hotel has now started to make a profit again.trim something by 10% etc: · The proposed bill would trim welfare spending by $5 billion.
to reduce the costs of something such as a service or industry by employing fewer people, reducing the number of things you produce or provide etc - used especially in business contexts: · The government is once again attempting to streamline the health care service in order to pay for tax cuts.· The company announced it was to streamline its operations and close down three factories in the UK.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The government will conduct a full-scale inquiry into the crash. We are only now realizing the huge scale of the problem. a royal palace on a lavish scale two parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum a severe earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale Crime has increased on an unprecedented scale.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
(=that uses all the available soldiers and weapons)· German troops launched a full-scale attack on the city.
(=showing the correct relative sizes of things)· The architect made a scale drawing of the new room.
· The company has grown into a large-scale enterprise that employs hundreds of people.
· The tax will affect owners of small-scale enterprises consisting of up to ten people.
The government will conduct a full-scale inquiry into the crash. We are only now realizing the huge scale of the problem. a royal palace on a lavish scale (=showing a small area in a lot of detail)· a large-scale map of Paris
two parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum· The company is preparing large-scale redundancies at its British factories.
a severe earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale (=a serious riot, not only a little fighting)· The disturbance escalated into a full-scale riot.
(=the list of increasing salaries that someone in a job can earn)· He is almost at the top of his salary scale.
(=when a lot of people are unemployed)· Large-scale unemployment among young people could have terrible social consequences.
Crime has increased on an unprecedented scale.· In his etchings too, Squirrell can scale the heights.· It's a great guitar that deserves to scale considerable heights.· The writers have a long way to go to scale these Olympian heights of absurdity, but they're trying.
· At Perth in January 1313 Bruce himself was second to scale the castle wall after wading neck-high through icy cold water.· Gradually, the angle of the pole against the wall is reduced until the student can scale the wall without the pole.· Through her tears she saw Garry scaling the wall as he made a run for it.· But she had turned away from her high window and demanded he scale the ivory walls without her help.· One of the boys, Reuben N., had scaled a wall and run away from the workhouse.· Instead of scaling walls or risking being run over by trains, fans are now paying tourists.· He could hear it scaling the walls in fury, screaming over the roof.· Windlass in hand, he clambered up the ladder that scaled the slimy wall.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the diatonic scale► on a heroic scale/of heroic proportions► the Richter scale
1[transitive] to climb to the top of something that is high and difficult to climb: - In his etchings too, Squirrell can scale the heights.
- Analogously, large loans attract a lower interest rate than small loans because of the administrative economies of scale.
- Each has been trying to outbid the rest in an attempt to gain market share and so exploit economies of scale.
- However, just to confuse matters, economies of scale plus economies of scope do not imply subadditivity.
- The benefits of reaping economies of scale depend upon how far costs fall as output levels are increased.
- There are a number of qualifications to this prediction, apart from the possibility of economies of scale discussed above.
- This is not to say that mass markets have disintegrated or that economies of scale are irrelevant to competitive performance.
- World trade, then, allows what economists call economies of scale.
- Yet it is clear that transport costs can have important consequences in the presence of economies of scale.
- At today's weigh-in, he tipped the scales at just over 15 stone.
- I went to see Hoppy for a checkup and I tip the scales at exactly eighty-six pounds.
- Reports claimed that the elfin figured star's weight plunged terrifyingly until she tipped the scales at a mere five stones.
- Sid Kelly, who minds the net for table-topping Eccleshall, is believed to tip the scales at around 20 stones.
- Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset, she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.
- Your support tipped the balance in our favor.
- I went to see Hoppy for a checkup and I tip the scales at exactly eighty-six pounds.
- Mr Bates thinks the disappearance of November's protest vote could tip the scales his way.
- Perhaps remorse at having joined it had tipped the balance of Fred's mind.
- Second, the Constitution tips the scales in favor of the individual over the state in highly personal matters.
- Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset, she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.
- They viewed the Soviet moves as an effort to tip the scales against the West.
- Thus can a minuscule particle tip the scales one way or another.
Rescuers had to scale a 300-metre cliff to reach the injured climber.2scale the heights to be extremely successful: By the age of 21, he had already scaled the heights in the academic world.3[transitive] technical to make writing or a picture the right size for a particular purposescale something to something The writing can be scaled to any size, depending on the paper.4[intransitive] if something will scale, it will continue to work well even if it is made bigger or comes to include more things: Will this way of networking scale?scale something ↔ down/back phrasal verb to reduce the amount or size of something: The emergency aid programme has now been scaled down.scale something ↔ up phrasal verb to increase the amount or size of something: Production at the factory is being scaled up.