different between upscale vs upscaled

English

Etymology

up + scale, 1966

Pronunciation

Adjective

upscale (comparative more upscale, superlative most upscale)

1. (US) Marked by wealth or quality; high-class; upmarket.
   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

     In Rio de Janeiro, thousands protested in a gritty area far from the city’s upscale seaside districts. In other cities, demonstrators blocked roads, barged into City Council meetings or interrupted sessions of local lawmakers, clapping loudly and sometimes taking over the microphone.

   • 2002 "This strategy [of rotating the garage with respect to the street] has become popular in many upscale housing developments nationwide primarily becaues it de-emphasizes the garage and makes the house look more like their traditional counterparts from the turn of the last century." — Sarah Susanka, Not So Big Solutions for Your Home

Translations

Verb

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

1. To increase in size, to scale up.

Derived terms

• upscaler

Anagrams

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

English

Verb

upscaled

1. simple past tense and past participle of upscale

Adjective

upscaled (comparative more upscaled, superlative most upscaled)

1. That has been scaled up.

Anagrams

• capsuled, scaled up