Increase

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To become greater or larger.
  • verb-intransitive. To multiply; reproduce.
  • v. To make greater or larger.
  • n. The act of increasing: a steady increase in temperature.
  • n. The amount or rate by which something is increased: a tax increase of 15 percent.
  • n. Obsolete Reproduction and spread; propagation.
  • idiom. on the increase Increasing, especially in frequency of occurrence: Crime is on the increase.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to become larger.
  • v. To make (a quantity) larger.
  • n. An amount by which a quantity is increased.
  • n. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
  • n. The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to decrease.
  • verb-intransitive. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
  • verb-intransitive. To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
  • v. To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate.
  • n. Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.
  • n. That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
  • n. Progeny; issue; offspring.
  • n. Generation.
  • n. The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To become greater in any respect; become enlarged, extended, or multiplied; grow or advance in size, quantity, number, degree, etc.; augment; multiply; wax, as the moon.
  • To make greater in any respect; enlarge or extend in bulk, quantity, number, degree, etc.; add to; enhance; aggravate: opposed to diminish.
  • n. A growing larger, as in size, number, quantity, degree, etc.; augmentation; enlargement; extension; multiplication.
  • n. The amount or number added to the original stock, or by which the original stock is augmented; increment; profit; interest; produce; issue; offspring.
  • n. In astronomy, the period of increasing light or an increasing luminous phase; the waxing, as of the moon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. become bigger or greater in amount
  • v. make bigger or more
  • n. a quantity that is added
  • n. the act of increasing something
  • n. a change resulting in an increase
  • n. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
  • n. the amount by which something increases
  • Antonym
    abate    diminish    relax    diminution    lowering    loss    drop    shrinkage    fall    reduction   
    Verb Form
    increased    increases    increasing   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    grow    augment    advance    wax    extend    lengthen    enhance    aggravate    extension    increment   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bernice    Clarice    Clarisse    Denise    Elise    Greece    Luis    Maurice    Nice    Patrice   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    change    rate    reduction    result    value    improvement    gain    factor    decline    rise