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   in·crease

   verb

   • 1. become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree: "car use is increasing at an alarming rate" Similar growget biggerget largerbecome greaterenlargeexpandswellriseclimbescalatesoarsurgerocketshoot upspiralimproveintensifystrengthenheightenlengthenextendstretchspreadwidenmultiplysnowballmushroomproliferateballoonbuild upmount uppile upaccrueaccumulateliterary:waxadd tomake largermake biggermake greateraugmentsupplementbuild upenlargeexpandextendraisemultiplyelevateswellinflatemagnifyintensifystrengthenamplifyheightenescalateimprovemake betterboostameliorateenhanceenrichupgradeworsenmake worseexacerbateaggravateinflamecompoundreinforcetop upinformal:upjack uphike uphikebump upcrank upstep upOpposite decreasereduce

   noun

   • 1. an instance of growing or making greater: "some increase in inflation"

   Word Origin Middle English (formerly also as encrease): from Old French encreistre, from Latin increscere, from in- ‘into’ + crescere ‘grow’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. increasable adjective

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