increase
[ verb in-krees; noun in-krees ]
/ verb ɪnˈkris; noun ˈɪn kris /
verb (used with object), in·creased, in·creas·ing.
to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
verb (used without object), in·creased, in·creas·ing.
noun
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incorruptible, incorruption, incoterms, incr., incrassate, increase, increaser, increasing, increasingly, increate, incredible
Origin of increase
SYNONYMS FOR increase
1 expand, extend, prolong. Increase, augment, enlarge may all mean to make larger. To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the ( degree of ) concentration. Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions. Augment, a more formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one's income ( by doing extra work ).
3 expand, grow, develop, swell.
6 enlargement, expansion.
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British Dictionary definitions for increased
increase
verb (ɪnˈkriːs)
to make or become greater in size, degree, frequency, etc; grow or expand
noun (ˈɪnkriːs)
the act of increasing; augmentation
the amount by which something increases
on the increase increasing, esp becoming more frequent
Derived Formsincreasable, adjectiveincreasedly (ɪnˈkriːsɪdlɪ) or increasingly, adverbincreaser, noun
Word Origin for increase
C14: from Old French encreistre, from Latin incrēscere, from in- ² + crēscere to grow
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