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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.
Some common synonyms of increase are augment, enlarge, and multiply. While all these words mean "to make or become greater," increase used intransitively implies progressive growth in size, amount, or intensity; used transitively it may imply simple not necessarily progressive addition.
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]
Definition of increase verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and 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. to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment: to increase one's knowledge. 2. to become greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality. 3. to multiply by propagation. n. 4. growth or augmentation in size, strength, or quality. 5. the act or process of increasing.
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 in extent, capacity, magnitude, or amount: an instance of such increase. amplification 1567– The action or an act of increasing the importance, degree, or intensity of an immaterial thing, or making a condition, state of affairs, etc., more…
