ADJ
- full
- It was several days before the full scale of the accident became clear
- big, considerable, grand, greater, huge, large, massive, monumental, vast
- modest, small
- sheer
- It is difficult to comprehend the sheer scale of the suffering caused by the war
- unprecedented
- a misuse of presidential power on an unprecedented scale
- ambitious, lavish
- Do they always entertain on such a lavish scale?
- global, international, national, regional, world
- commercial
- The dolls are now produced on a commercial scale
- human
- The city would operate on a more human scale if cars were banned from the centre
PREP
- in ~
- The paintings are small in scale
- on a ~
- pollution on a massive scale
PHRASES
- an economy of scale
- Economies of scale enable the larger companies to lower their prices
- the scale of the problem
ADJ
- fixed
- sliding
- Benefits are paid on a sliding scale according to family income
- rating
- time
- Can you give me any sort of time scale for the completion of the building work?
- evolutionary
- social
- pay, salary, wage
- The company has a five-point pay scale
- Beaufort, Richter
- The earthquake measured 6.4 on the Richter scale
VERB + SCALE
- go/move down/up, rise up
- He has risen up the social scale from rather humble beginnings
SCALE + VERB
- go/range from … to …
- a scale ranging from 'utterly miserable' to 'deliriously happy'
PREP
- on a/the ~
- Where do birds come on the evolutionary scale?
- ~ of … to …
- On a scale of 1 to 10, he scores 7
PHRASES
- the bottom/end/top of the scale
- After 10 years, she had worked her way to the top of the pay scale
SCALE + NOUN
- drawing, model
- He's made a scale model of the Eiffel Tower
PREP
- to ~
- The plan of the building is not drawn to scale
- ~ of … to …
- The map has a scale of one centimetre to the kilometre. a scale of 1: 25,000
ADJ
- major, minor
- chromatic, diatonic, diminished, pentatonic, whole-tone
VERB + SCALE
- play, sing
- practise
- We could hear her practising her scales
ADJ
- overlapping
- fine, thin
- armoured
- fish