scalescale1 /skeɪl/ ●●● noun 
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SIZE [singular, uncountable] the size or level of something, when compared to what is normal: 
The scale of the problem soon became clear. There has been housing development on a massive scale since 1980. a large/small scale research project2MEASURING SYSTEM [countable usually singular] a system for measuring the force, speed, amount, etc. of something, or for comparing it with something else: The earthquake measured 7 on the Richter scale. Your performance will be judged on a scale of 1 to 10.3RANGE [countable usually singular] the whole range of different types of people, things, ideas, etc. from the lowest level to the highest: Some rural schools have 50 students while, at the other end of the scale, there are city schools with 5,000 students.4FOR WEIGHING [countable] a machine or piece of equipment for weighing people or objects: The nurse asked me to get on the scale.5MEASURING MARKS [countable] a set of marks with regular spaces between them on an instrument that is used for measuring: The meter is used as the metric scale unit for length.6MAP/DRAWING [countable, uncountable] math, geography the relationship between the size of a map, drawing, or model and the actual size of the place or thing that it represents: The map has a scale of 1 inch to the mile.7MUSIC [countable] eng. lang. arts a series of musical notes that have a fixed order and become gradually higher or lower in pitch8ON FISH [countable usually plural] science, biology one of the small flat pieces of hard skin that cover the bodies of fish, snakes, etc.
1SIZE [singular, uncountable] the size or level of something, when compared to what is normal: The scale of the problem soon became clear. There has been housing development on a massive scale since 1980. a large/small scale research project2MEASURING SYSTEM [countable usually singular] a system for measuring the force, speed, amount, etc. of something, or for comparing it with something else: The earthquake measured 7 on the Richter scale. Your performance will be judged on a scale of 1 to 10.3RANGE [countable usually singular] the whole range of different types of people, things, ideas, etc. from the lowest level to the highest: Some rural schools have 50 students while, at the other end of the scale, there are city schools with 5,000 students.4FOR WEIGHING [countable] a machine or piece of equipment for weighing people or objects: The nurse asked me to get on the scale.5MEASURING MARKS [countable] a set of marks with regular spaces between them on an instrument that is used for measuring: The meter is used as the metric scale unit for length.6MAP/DRAWING [countable, uncountable] math, geography the relationship between the size of a map, drawing, or model and the actual size of the place or thing that it represents: The map has a scale of 1 inch to the mile.7MUSIC [countable] eng. lang. arts a series of musical notes that have a fixed order and become gradually higher or lower in pitch8ON FISH [countable usually plural] science, biology one of the small flat pieces of hard skin that cover the bodies of fish, snakes, etc.
