scale out

skeɪl aʊt

Definition

Definition of scale out - Reverso English Dictionary

Phrasal verb

tr./intr.

business

Rare

expand operations or activities

Rare

The company plans to scale out its services to new regions.

expand

grow

technology

TECH.

expand a system by adding more servers

TECH.

The company decided to scale out their cloud infrastructure.

expand

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Expressions with scale

scale back

decrease the intensity or frequency of an activity

The company decided to scale back its marketing efforts this quarter.

scale up

increase size, amount, or production gradually

The company plans to scale up operations next year.

scale down

reduce the size while keeping proportions

They decided to scale down the model for the presentation.

at scale

adv.

in a way that handles large quantities efficiently

The company can produce goods at scale.

off the scale

adj.

beyond the normal range

His enthusiasm for the project is off the scale.

out of scale

adj.

not correctly proportioned

The model was out of scale with the rest of the display.

Examples of scale out in a sentence

The startup aims to scale out quickly.
To handle more traffic, they plan to scale out.
We need to scale out to improve performance.

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French:étendre, agrandir, ...
German:erweitern, ausbauen, ...
Italian:espandere, scalare orizzontalmente, ...
Spanish:expandir, escalar, ...
Portuguese:expandir, escalar horizontalmente, ...
Chinese:扩展业务, 扩容, ...
Japanese:事業を拡大する, 拡張する, ...
Arabic:وَسَّعَ, زَادَ, ...
Hebrew:לְהַרְחִיב פְּעוּלוֹת, לְהוֹסִיף שָׁרָתִים, ...
Russian:расширить, расширять, ...
Ukrainian:розширити діяльність, масштабувати, ...
Hindi:विस्तार करना, बढ़ाना, ...
Bengali:ব্যবসা সম্প্রসারণ করা, সম্প্রসারণ করা, ...
Catalan:expandir, augmentar, ...
Czech:rozšířit, škálovat horizontálně, ...
Danish:udvide, skalere, ...
Dutch:uitbreiden van activiteiten, uitbreiden, ...
Greek:επεκτείνω, κλιμακώνω, ...
Hungarian:terjeszkedni, horizontálisan skálázni, ...
Khmer:ពង្រីកអាជីវកម្ម, ពង្រីកប្រព័ន្ធដោយបន្ថែមម៉ាស៊ីនមេ, ...
Korean:사업 확장, 확장하다, ...
Persian:گسترش عملیات, گسترش داد, ...
Polish:rozszerzyć działalność, rozbudować, ...
Portuguese (BR):expandir, escalar horizontalmente, ...
Romanian:a extinderea operațiunilor, a extinde, ...
Swedish:expandera, skala ut, ...
Thai:ขยายกิจการ, ขยาย, ...
Turkish:faaliyetleri genişletmek, genişletmek, ...
Vietnamese:mở rộng hoạt động, mở rộng, ...

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