increase
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (2)increases, increased, increasing
- become bigger or greater in amount“The amount of work increased”Opposite decreaseMore general change magnitudeMore specific add, grow, wax, accumulate, intensify, widen, swell, accrue, shoot up, gain +9 more
- make bigger or more“The boss finally increased her salary”“The university increased the number of students it admitted”Opposite decreaseMore general change, alterMore specific raise, widen, augment, enlarge, build up, multiply, escalate, heighten, inflate, blow up +8 more
Noun (5)increases
- a quantity that is added“there was an addition to property taxes this year”“they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks”Synonyms: additiongainType of indefinite quantityKinds accretion
- a change resulting in an increase“the increase is scheduled for next month”Opposite decreaseType of change, alterationKinds concentration, augmentation, explosion, jump, runup, waxing
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important“the increase in unemployment”“the growth of population”Synonyms: incrementgrowthType of process, physical processKinds accretion, relaxation, proliferation, pullulation, population growth, accession, widening, multiplication
- the amount by which something increases“they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare”Synonyms: incrementOpposite decreaseType of amountKinds raise, supplement, amplification, rise, up-tick, fare increase, price increase, tax-increase
- the act of increasing something“he gave me an increase in salary”Synonyms: step-upOpposite decreaseType of change of magnitudeKinds expansion, escalation, addition, intensification, surge, exaggeration, appreciation, accumulation, maximization, amplification +6 more
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Translations
Verb become larger
- Spanish
- aumentar
- French
- augmenter
- German
- zunehmen
- Italian
- aumentare
- Portuguese
- aumentar
- Turkish
- artmak
- Russian
- возраста́ть vozrastátʹ
- Arabic
- اِزْدَاد izdāda
- Chinese
- 增加 zēngjiā
- Japanese
- 増える fueru
18 more languages
Verb make larger
- Spanish
- incrementar
- French
- augmenter
- German
- erhöhen
- Italian
- aumentare
- Portuguese
- aumentar
- Russian
- увели́чивать uvelíčivatʹ
- Arabic
- زَاد zāda
- Chinese
- 增加 zēngjiā
- Japanese
- 増やす fuyasu
- Dutch
- vergroten
19 more languages
- Polish
- zwiększać
- Swedish
- öka
- Greek
- αυξάνω afxáno
- Korean
- 증가시키다 jeunggasikida
- Vietnamese
- tăng
- Hungarian
- növel
- Portuguese (PT)
- aumentar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 增加 zēngjiā
- Catalan
- augmentar
- Czech
- zvýšit
- Danish
- øge
- Esperanto
- plialtigi
- Estonian
- suurendama
- Finnish
- lisätä
- Icelandic
- auka
- Lithuanian
- didinti
- Norwegian
- øke
- Serbo-Croatian
- povećavati
- Welsh
- cynyddu
Noun increased amount
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. incresen, encresen, enrescen, OF. encreistre, fr. L. increscere; pref. in- in + crescere to grow. See Crescent, and cf. Decrease.
1. 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.
The waters increased and bare up the ark.— Gen. vii. 17.
He must increase, but I must decrease.— John iii. 30.
The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts should increase, Even as our days do grow!— William Shakespeare
2. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
Fishes are more numerous or increasing than beasts or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn.— Sir Matt. Hale
3. Astronomy To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
Increasing function Mathematics, a function whose value increases when that of the variable increases, and decreases when the latter is diminished; also called a monotonically increasing function.
Synonyms: To enlarge; extend; multiply; expand; develop; heighten; amplify; raise; enhance; spread; aggravate; magnify; augment; advance. — To Increase, Enlarge, Extend. Enlarge implies to make larger or broader in size. Extend marks the progress of enlargement so as to have wider boundaries. Increase denotes enlargement by growth and internal vitality, as in the case of plants. A kingdom is enlarged by the addition of new territories; the mind is enlarged by knowledge. A kingdom is extended when its boundaries are carried to a greater distance from the center. A man's riches, honors, knowledge, etc., are increased by accessions which are made from time to time.
To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to increase one's possessions, influence.
I will increase the famine.— Ezek. v. 16.
Make denials Increase your services.— William Shakespeare
Origin: OE. encres, encresse. See Increase, intransitive verb
1. Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.
As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on.— William Shakespeare
For things of tender kind for pleasure made Shoot up with swift increase, and sudden are decay'd.— John Dryden
2. That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
Take thou no usury of him, or increase.— Lev. xxv. 36.
Let them not live to taste this land's increase.— William Shakespeare
3. Progeny; issue; offspring.
All the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.— 1 Sam. ii. 33.
4. Generation. obsolete “Organs of increase.” William Shakespeare
5. Astronomy The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; — said of the moon.
Seeds, hair, nails, hedges, and herbs will grow soonest if set or cut in the increase of the moon.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
Increase twist, the twixt of a rifle groove in which the angle of twist increases from the breech to the muzzle.
Synonyms: Enlargement; extension; growth; development; increment; addition; accession; production.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54