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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Old French, from Latin increscere (“increase”), present active infinitive of increscō, from in (“in, on”) + crescō (“grow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
increase (third-person singular simple present increases, present participle increasing, simple past and past participle increased)
- (intransitive, of a quantity) to become larger.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity) larger.
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- (become larger): decrease, drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink
- (make larger): cut, decrease, decrement, lower, reduce
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
become larger
- Akkadian: 𒈨𒌍 (miādu, ḪI.A)
- Bulgarian: нараствам (bg) (narástvam)
- Catalan: augmentar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 增加 (cmn) (zēngjiā), 增長 (cmn), 增长 (cmn) (zēngzhǎng), 增大 (cmn) (zēngdà)
- Czech: stoupat (cs)
- Dutch: toenemen (nl)
- Esperanto: pliiĝi (eo)
- Estonian: kasvama (et)
- Finnish: kasvaa (fi), lisääntyä (fi), suurentua (fi)
- French: augmenter (fr), croître (fr)
- German: (an)-wachsen (de), sich vergrößern (de), steigern (de), erhöhen (de)
- Greek: αυξάνω (el) (afksáno), αβγατίζω (el) (avγatízo)
- Hindi: बढना (hi) (baṛhnā)
- Hungarian: nő (hu), növekszik (hu)
- Icelandic: ágerast (is), waxa (is), fjölga (is)
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- Italian: aumentare (it)
- Japanese: 増える (ja) (ふえる, fueru), 増加する (ja) (ぞうかする, zōka-suru), 増大する (ja) (ぞうだいする, zōdai-suru)
- Latin: augeō (la)
- Nahuatl: timalla (nah), timalloa (nah)
- Norwegian: øke (no)
- Portuguese: aumentar (pt), acrescentar (pt)
- Quechua: askhayay (qu)
- Romanian: crește (ro), mări (ro), spori (ro), urca (ro)
- Russian: возрастать (ru) (vozrastát') impf., возрасти (ru) (vozrastí) pf., увеличиваться (ru) (uvelíčivat’sja), увеличиться (ru) (uvelíčit’sja)
- Spanish: aumentar (es)
- Swedish: öka (sv)
- Telugu: పెరుగు (te) (perugu)
- Turkish: artmak (tr)
- Urdu: بڑھنا (ur) (baṛhnā)
- Vietnamese: tăng (vi)
- West Frisian: waakse (fy)
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make larger
- Catalan: augmentar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 增加 (cmn) (zēngjiā), 增長 (cmn), 增长 (cmn) (zēngzhǎng), 增大 (cmn) (zēngdà)
- Czech: zvýšit (cs), zvětšit (cs)
- Dutch: opvoeren (nl)
- Esperanto: pliigi (eo)
- Finnish: kasvattaa (fi), lisätä (fi), suurentaa (fi)
- Greek: αυξάνω (el) (afksáno), ανεβαίνω (el) (anevaíno)
- Hindi: बढाना (hi) (baṛhānā)
- Hungarian: növel (hu)
- Icelandic: auka (is), fjölga (is)
- Italian: aumentare (it), incrementare (it)
- Japanese: 増やす (ja) (ふやす, fuyasu), 増加する (ja) (ぞうかする, zōka-suru), 増大する (ja) (ぞうだいする, zōdai-suru)
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increase (plural increases)
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
- (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
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increased amount
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- Hungarian: növekmény (hu), növekedés (hu)
- Irish: breis (ga) f, fuilleamh (ga) m
- Japanese: 増加 (ja) (ぞうか, zōka), 増大 (ja) (ぞうだい, zōdai)
- Portuguese: acréscimo (pt) m
- Romanian: creștere (ro) f, sporire (ro) f, mărire (ro) f
- Russian: увеличение (ru) (uveličénije) n, рост (ru) (rost) m, прирост (ru) (priróst) m
- Scottish Gaelic: àrdachadh (gd) m
- Telugu: పెంపు (te) (pempu)
- Turkish: artmak (tr), büyümek (tr), çoğalmak (tr), gelişmek (tr), kâr etmek (tr), yükselmek (tr), fazlalaşmak (tr)
- Urdu: بڑھاْی (ur) f (baṛhāī)
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act of becoming larger
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- Hindi: बढाई (hi) f (baṛhāī)
- Hungarian: növekedés (hu)
- Irish: breisiú (ga) m, fuilleamh (ga) m
- Russian: увеличение (ru) (uveličénije) n, рост (ru) (rost) m
- Scottish Gaelic: piseach (gd) m, àrdachadh (gd) m
- Telugu: పెంపు (te) (pempu)
- Turkish: artış (tr), artma (tr), büyüme (tr), çoğalma (tr), gelişme (tr), kâr (tr), yükselme (tr), fazlalaşma (tr)
- Urdu: بڑھاْی (ur) f (baṛhāī)
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