increase

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Old French < Latin increscere (“‘to increase’”) < in (“‘in, on’”) + crescere (“‘to grow’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (verb): enPR: ĭnkrēs’, IPA: /ɪnˈkriːs/, SAMPA: /In"kri:s/
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• (noun): enPR: ĭn'krēs, IPA: /ˈɪnkriːs/, SAMPA: /"Inkri:s/
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  Rhymes: -iːs

[edit] Verb

to increase (third-person singular simple present increases, present participle increasing, simple past and past participle increased)

1. (intransitive, of a quantity) to become larger.
2. (transitive) To make (a quantity) larger.

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• (become larger): go up, grow, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly)
• (make larger): increment, raise, (informal) up

[edit] Antonyms

• (become larger): decrease, drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink
• (make larger): cut, decrease, decrement, lower, reduce

[edit] Derived terms

• increasable

[edit] Translations

• Chinese: (zengjia), (zeng1jia1)

[edit] Noun

increase (plural increases)

1. An amount by which a quantity is increased.
2. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger

[edit] Synonyms

• (amount by which a quantity is increased): gain, increment, (US, said of pay) raise, rise

[edit] Antonyms

• (amount by which a quantity is increased): cut, decrease, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage

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[edit] External links

• increase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• increase in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• increase at OneLook® Dictionary Search