| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | increase, addition, gain | A quantity that is added |
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| 2 | increase | A change resulting in an increase | |
| 3 | increase, increment, growth | A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | |
| 4 | increase, increment | The amount by which something increases | |
| 5 | increase, step-up | The act of increasing something | |
| VERB | 1 | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
| 2 | increase | Make bigger or more |
| Sounds | ihnkriy's; ih'nkriy.s |
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| Rhymes | altarpiece, apiece, caprice, and 34 more rhymes in iys at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A quantity that is added. |
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| Synonyms | addition, gain |
| Narrower | accretion |
| Broader | indefinite quantity |
| Verbs | increase; increase |
| Meaning | A change resulting in an increase. |
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| Examples | "the increase is scheduled for next month" |
| Narrower | augmentation; concentration; explosion; jump, leap; runup, run-up; waxing |
| Broader | change, alteration, modification |
| Contrary | decrease, lessening, drop-off |
| Verbs | increase; increase |
| Meaning | A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important. |
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| Examples | "the increase in unemployment" |
| Synonyms | increment, growth |
| Narrower | accession; accretion, accumulation; accretion; accretion; accretion; multiplication; population growth; proliferation; pullulation; relaxation; widening, broadening |
| Broader | process |
| Contrary | decrease, decrement |
| Verbs | increase; increase |
| Meaning | The amount by which something increases. |
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| Examples | "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare" |
| Synonyms | increment |
| Narrower | amplification, gain; complement; fare increase; price increase; raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase; rise, boost, hike, cost increase; supplement, supplementation; tax-increase, tax boost, tax hike; up-tick |
| Broader | amount |
| Contrary | decrease, decrement |
| Verbs | increase; increase |
| Meaning | The act of increasing something. |
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| Examples | "he gave me an increase in salary" |
| Synonyms | step-up |
| Narrower | addition; advance, rise; appreciation; surge, upsurge; augmentation; amplification; expansion, enlargement; escalation; maximization, maximisation, maximation; exaggeration; expansion, expanding upon; accumulation, accrual, accruement; inclusion; aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation; strengthening; intensification; intensification; split, stock split, split up |
| Broader | change of magnitude |
| Contrary | decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down |
| Verbs | increase; increase |
| Meaning | Become bigger or greater in amount. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Model | Their earnings increase this year |
| Examples | "The amount of work increased" |
| Entailed by | scale up |
| Narrower | accrue; spike; add to; gain; explode, irrupt; pyramid; snowball; accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass; add; intensify, deepen; intensify, compound, heighten, deepen; grow; pullulate; widen; appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue; broaden; shoot up; wax, mount, climb, rise; wax, full; crescendo; swell |
| Broader | change magnitude |
| Contrary | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall |
| Nouns | increase; increase; increase; increase; increase |
| Meaning | Make bigger or more. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | They increase their earnings this year |
| Examples | "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" |
| Narrower | extend, stretch; augment; build up; enlarge; up; raise; blow up, enlarge, magnify; multiply, manifold; build up, work up, build, ramp up; inflate, blow up, expand, amplify; escalate, intensify, step up; boost; lengthen; regenerate; maximize, maximise; heighten; heighten, rise; rev up, rev; rev up, step up; boost, advance, supercharge; widen, broaden, extend; kite |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Contrary | decrease, lessen, minify |
| Nouns | increase; increase; increase; increase; increase |