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- [skeyl]
- /skeɪl/
- /skeɪl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skeyl]
- /skeɪl/
Definitions of scales word
- noun scales a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale. 1
- noun scales a series of marks laid down at determinate distances, as along a line, for purposes of measurement or computation: the scale of a thermometer. 1
- noun scales a graduated line, as on a map, representing proportionate size. 1
- noun scales a table of graduated rates, as of prices or wages: These unions use different scales. 1
- noun scales a wage that conforms to such rates: How much is scale? 1
- noun scales Also called union scale. a wage fixed by contract that is the minimum permitted to be paid to or accepted by a particular category of employed persons: All actors and musicians for the performance, including the stars, are working for scale. 1
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Origin of scales
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (noun) Middle English < Middle French escale < West Germanic *skāla; akin to scale2; (v.) late Middle English scalen to remove scales from, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Scales
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
scales popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
scales usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scales
noun scales
- dermatitis — Dermatitis is a medical condition which makes your skin red and painful.
- mange — any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- amplitudes — Plural form of amplitude.
- arpeggios — Plural form of arpeggio.
- calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
verb scales
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- clambers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamber.
- climbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of climb.
- crestings — Plural form of cresting.
- escalades — Plural form of escalade.
Antonyms for scales
verb scales
- falls — Albert Bacon, 1861–1944, U.S. politician: senator 1912–21; secretary of the Interior 1921–23; convicted in Teapot Dome scandal.
Top questions with scales
- how would you weigh a plane without scales?
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