upscale

English

Etymology

up + scale, 1966

Pronunciation

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Adjective

upscale (comparative more upscale, superlative most upscale)

1. (US) Marked by wealth or quality; high-class.
   • 2002 "This strategy [of rotating the garage with respect to the street] has become popular in many upscale housing developments nationwide primarily becaues it de-emphasizes the garage and makes the house look more like their traditional counterparts from the turn of the last century." — Sarah Susanka, Not So Big Solutions for Your Home

Translations

marked by wealth or quality — see high-class

Verb

upscale (third-person singular simple present upscales, present participle upscaling, simple past and past participle upscaled)

1. To increase in size, to scale up.

Anagrams

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• scale up
• specula