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verb (used with object)
1.
to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality: Sales of automobiles increased last year.
3.
to multiply by propagation.
4.
to wax, as the moon.
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Increases
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noun
5.
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.: the increase of crime.
6.
the act or process of increasing.
7.
that by which something is increased.
8.
the result of increasing.
9.
EXPANDproduce of the earth.
10.
product; profit; interest.
11.
COLLAPSEObsolete.
a.
multiplication by propagation; production of offspring.
b.
offspring; progeny.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English incresen, encresen < Anglo-French encres-, Middle French encreiss-, stem of encreistre < Latin incrēscere, equivalent to in- in-2 + crēscere to grow; see crescent
1275–1325; Middle English incresen, encresen < Anglo-French encres-, Middle French encreiss-, stem of encreistre < Latin incrēscere, equivalent to in- in-2 + crēscere to grow; see crescent
Related forms
in·creas·a·ble, adjective
non·in·creas·a·ble, adjective
non·in·crease, noun
pre·in·crease, noun
EXPANDpre·in·crease, verb (used with object), -creased, -creas·ing.
pro·in·crease, adjective
qua·si-in·creased, adjective
re·in·crease, verb, -creased, -creas·ing, noun
su·per·in·crease, verb (used with object), -creased, -creas·ing.
su·per·in·crease, noun
un·in·creas·a·ble, adjective
un·in·creased, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
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.
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.
Antonyms
1, 3. decrease.
1, 3. decrease.
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Word Origin & History
increase
early 14c., from Anglo-Fr. encress-, from O.Fr. encreiss-, prp. stem of encreistre, from L. increscere "to increase," from in- "in" + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). Latin spelling restored 15c.
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