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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 |