increase

1. 1

   (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.intransitive

   • His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.
2. 2

   To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.transitive

   • Drivers like the idea of increasing traffic flow and reducing congestion on the portion of I-80 between Davis and West Sacramento.
3. 3

   To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

   • Fishes are infinitely more numerous of increasing than Beasts or Birds, as appears by the numerous Spawn.
4. 4

   To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.intransitive

   • The Moon increases.

syn. wax · go up · grow · soar · shoot up · greaten · raise · up · accelerate · accrue · aggrandize · augment

ant. decrease · drop · fall · go down · plummet · plunge · reduce · shrink

1. 1

   An amount by which a quantity is increased.countableuncountable

   • An increase of about 30% in hits on the website.
2. 2

   For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.countableuncountable

   • In socialist religion God was replaced by humanity, a superior creation in which the individual could find an object of love and worship: he could thus rise above his insignificant ego and experience the joy of sacrificing his own interest
3. 3

   Offspring, progeny.countableuncountable

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4. 4

   The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).countableuncountable

syn. rise · increment · raise · uptick · acquisition · expansion

ant. cut · decrease · decrement · drop · fall · loss · lowering · reduction