Ladder and Scale

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Ladder noun - A scheme of rank or order.

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Scale is a synonym for ladder in hierarchy topic. In some cases you can use "Scale" instead a noun "Ladder".

Nearby Words: laddering, laddered

Scale noun - A scheme of rank or order.

Usage example: a student who scored very highly on a standard intelligence scale

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Ladder is a synonym for scale in hierarchy topic. You can use "Ladder" instead a noun "Scale", if it concerns topics such as ranking, graduated system.

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

old	old ladder	old scale
full	full ladder	full scale
low	low ladder	low scale
usual	usual ladder	usual scale
Other adjectives: short, single, small, actual, entire, big, great, enormous, social, miniature, larger, different, local, bigger, evolutionary.

Blackadder is defined by his constant efforts to scale the social ladder, by any means necessary (although the fourth version just wants to get out of the trenches).

Source: Neutral Evil
The more elderly members of the general staff really hated climbing up the ladder to the platform which allowed them an overhead view of the enormous scale map.

Source: The Big Board
Basically, a Genre Savvy, skirted woman refuses to climb, scale, ascend, mount or escalate a ladder or ladder-like device while men are nearby for fear of subverting Magic Skirt, and well, you know...

Source: Skirts and Ladders

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