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- [adjective uhp-skeyl; verb uhp-skeyl; noun uhp-skeyl]
- /adjective ˈʌpˈskeɪl; verb ʌpˈskeɪl; noun ˈʌpˌskeɪl/
- /ˈʌp.skeɪl/
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- [adjective uhp-skeyl; verb uhp-skeyl; noun uhp-skeyl]
- /adjective ˈʌpˈskeɪl; verb ʌpˈskeɪl; noun ˈʌpˌskeɪl/
Definitions of upscale word
- adjective upscale located at, moving toward, or of or for the upper end of a social or economic scale: The boutique caters to upscale young career people. 1
- adjective upscale luxurious, costly, or elegant. 1
- verb with object upscale to improve the quality, value, or rating of: a five-year plan to upscale the neighborhood. 1
- noun upscale (used with a plural verb) elegant, elite, privileged persons collectively (usually preceded by the): shops that only the upscale can afford to patronize. 1
- adjective upscale upmarket, high-income 1
- transitive verb upscale improve, upgrade 1
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Origin of upscale
First appearance:
before 1970 One of the 2% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1970-75; up- + scale3
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Parts of speech for Upscale
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
upscale popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% 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".
upscale usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for upscale
adj upscale
- a go go — as much as you like; to your heart's content; galore: food and drink à gogo.
- a go-go — go-go
- a gogo — as much as one likes; galore
- all the rage — angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- an arm and a leg — If you say that something costs an arm and a leg, you mean that it is very expensive.
adjective upscale
- dap — to fish with a natural or artificial fly on a floss silk line so that the wind makes the fly bob on and off the surface of the water
- designer — A designer is a person whose job is to design things by making drawings of them.
- expensive — Costing a lot of money.
- fancy — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- fly — to move through the air using wings.
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