Increase
[verb in-krees; noun in-krees] /verb ɪnˈkris; noun ˈɪn kris/
verb (used with object), increased, increasing.
1.
to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to:
to increase taxes.
verb (used without object), increased, increasing.
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.
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.
produce of the earth.
10.
product; profit; interest.
11.
Obsolete.
verb (ɪnˈkriːs)
1.
to make or become greater in size, degree, frequency, etc; grow or expand
noun (ˈɪnkriːs)
2.
the act of increasing; augmentation
3.
the amount by which something increases
4.
on the increase, increasing, esp becoming more frequent
v.
early 14c., “become greater in size or number; to cause to grow, enlarge,” from Anglo-French encress-, Old French encreiss-, present participle stem of encreistre, from Latin increscere “to increase, to grow upon, grow over, swell, grow into,” from in- “in” (see in- (2)) + crescere “to grow” (see crescent). Latin spelling restored 15c. Related: Increased; increasing.
n.
late 14c., “action of increasing; results of an increasing,” from increase (v.).
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