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verb
- 1. become or make greater in size, amount, or degree: "car use is increasing at an alarming rate" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a rise in the size, amount, or degree of something: "an increase of 28.3 per cent"
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a situation in which the number, size, or amount of something gets bigger: a pay/price/tax increase Customers stocked up, anticipating a January price increase. an increase in sth Businesses are facing a 12% increase in energy costs. an increase of sth Revenue last year was $347 million, an increase of 26%.
The meaning of INCREASE is to become progressively greater (as in size, amount, number, or intensity). How to use increase in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Increase.
to become greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality: Sales of automobiles increased last year. Antonyms: wane, lessen, contract, abate, decrease. to multiply by propagation. Synonyms: swell, grow, expand, propagate. to wax, as the moon.
to (make something) become larger in amount or size: Incidents of armed robbery have increased over the last few years. increase dramatically/significantly The cost of the project has increased dramatically / significantly since it began. increase something to something Gradually increase the temperature to the boiling point.
1. verb. If something increases or you increase it, it becomes greater in number, level, or amount. The population continues to increase. [VERB] Japan's industrial output increased by 2%. [V + by/from/to] The company has increased the price of its cars. [VERB noun] The increased investment will help stabilise the economy. [VERB-ed]
1. The act of increasing: a steady increase in temperature. 2. The amount or rate by which something is increased: a tax increase of 15 percent. 3. Obsolete Reproduction and spread; propagation. Idiom: on the increase. Increasing, especially in frequency of occurrence: Crime is on the increase.
The noun increase indicates growth of something that gets bigger in number or volume. When used as a verb, it means the act of growing or gaining more. However it's used, it refers to something that has gotten bigger. Anything that can add on can increase.
