scale up

present singular third person scales up · participle present scaling up · participle past scaled up · past scaled up

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scale, up.

   Antonyms: scale down

2. To increase the size of something whilst maintaining proportion.

   Near-synonym: magnify

   Synonyms: magnify · Antonyms: scale down, shrink

3. To change a process in order to allow for greater quantities.

   Near-synonyms: expand, grow

   1 more example

   Transects can be taken in localised settings and compared to local visual environments, as in this pilot study. But the technique can be scaled up to larger situations by taking multiple transects from multiple locales and combining the data.

   2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 12

   Synonyms: expand, grow · Antonyms: cut back, scale down