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.
to become greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality: Sales of automobiles increased last year.
to multiply by propagation.
to wax, as the moon.
noun
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.: the increase of crime.
the act or process of increasing.
that by which something is increased.
the result of increasing.
produce of the earth.
product; profit; interest.
Obsolete.
multiplication by propagation; production of offspring.
offspring; progeny.
Origin of increase
First recorded in 1370–1395; Middle English incresen, encresen, from Anglo-French encres-, Middle French encreis(s)-, stem of encreistre, from Latin incrēscere, equivalent to in- in-2 + crēscere “to grow”; see crescent
SYNONYMS FOR increase
1 expand, extend, prolong.
3 expand, grow, develop, swell.
6 enlargement, expansion.
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ANTONYMS FOR increase
1, 3 decrease.
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synonym study for increase
1. 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 ).
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The increase is manageable, but logistically challenging given social distancing requirements, says Lithander.
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Historically, the less-expensive systems sell more units, driving an increase in revenue from games.
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Industry experts claim an increase in awareness amongst men when it comes to styles, design, and price regarding their underwear.
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In Kentucky the bourbon distillers have had to increase their payrolls by 77 per cent in two years to meet the demand.
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In exchange for the increase in sales, the dispensaries pay the service, not the consumer.
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Both give estimates of how many U.S. workers would benefit from an increase in the minimum wage.
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However, Driscoll is not alone among evangelicals wanting to improve their brand and increase sales.
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This increase was excessive and altogether unnecessary to the maintenance of thorough and progressive government.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May, 1900|Various
To increase the efficiency of the cavalry extensive manœuvres were organised.
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Ismar, wishing to give his body a splendid funeral, prepared a banquet of royal bounty to increase the splendour of the obsequies.
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These conditions must increase the earth's equatorial bulge and thereby cause changes in the distribution of land and water.
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A hummingbird or two was not an uncommon sight along the trail at any time, but now we began to notice an increase in numbers.
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British Dictionary definitions for increase
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 increaseincreasing, esp becoming more frequent