UPSCALE

upscale

(adjective) appropriate for people with good incomes; “an upscale neighborhood”; “an upscale motel”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

up + scale, 1966

Adjective

upscale (comparative more upscale, superlative most upscale)

(US) Marked by wealth or quality; high-class; upmarket.

Verb

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

To increase in size, to scale up.

Anagrams

• capsule, laces up, scale up, scaleup, specula

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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