escalate
B1CEFR level
28/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister
Medicine verb
To refer a deteriorating patient to a more senior clinician or higher level of care.
If she does not improve, escalate to the intensive care team.
Business verb
To refer an issue up to a higher level of authority for resolution.
If the vendor slips the deadline again, escalate it to the steering committee.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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