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scale

Definition

  • noun: a device that is used for weighing people or things
  • noun: either pan or tray of a balance
  • noun: a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fish
  • verb: to remove the scales from (a fish)
  • verb: to weigh in 'scales'
  • verb: to climb to the top of (something)
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: scatter, spread, separate

Examples

  • The model of the new city hall is 'to scale'. [=the model shows exactly how the parts will relate to each other when it is built]

  • She 'scaled the heights of' the publishing industry. [=she rose to a very high position in the publishing industry]

  • Their equipment isn't suitable for 'large-scale' production. [=it cannot be used to make things in large amounts]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) There is much talk of the revenge of the sons of Ragnar. I know what to expect. And we are fully prepared. I'm not sure you realize the scale of their possible retribution. In the name of our dead father, in the name of Ragnar Lo'br'k, we declare war on the whole world. ~ Season - Episode ~ (..)
    2017 TvShow: Vikings Title: Revenge Season: 4 Episode 18