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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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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.
INCREASE definition: 1. to (make something) become larger in amount or size: 2. a rise in the amount or size of…. Learn more.
INCREASE meaning: 1. to (make something) become larger in amount or size: 2. a rise in the amount or size of…. Learn more.
Increase definition: to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to. See examples of INCREASE used in a sentence.
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.
increase. verb [ I or T ] uk / ɪnˈkriːs / us / ɪnˈkriːs /. B1. 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.
1. to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; grow. 2. to become greater in numbers by producing offspring; multiply; propagate. verb transitive. 3. to cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment. noun.
Definition of increase noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To make greater or larger. American Heritage. Similar definitions. More Verb Definitions (2) Synonyms: develop. progress. rise. propagate. jump. increment. hike. growth.
