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increase English

Meaning increase meaning

What does increase mean?
Definitions in simple English

increase Verb

— To grow; to become bigger. The amount of money in my bank account is increasing.

increase Noun

— The amount which something has grown There was an increase in movie releases last year.

increase

— verb become bigger or greater in amount The amount of work increased — verb make bigger or more The boss finally increased her salary The university increased the number of students it admitted — noun (= addition, gain) a quantity that is added there was an addition to property taxes this year they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks — noun a change resulting in an increase the increase is scheduled for next month — noun (= growth) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important the increase in unemployment the growth of population — noun the amount by which something increases they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare — noun the act of increasing something he gave me an increase in salary

Synonyms increase synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as increase?

increase English » English

grow growth rise augment multiply raise enlarge add expand increment addition augmentation swell gain extend add to intensify expansion develop enhance advance enlargement spread aggrandize magnify heighten amplify supplement multiplication go up abundance promote boost accrue strengthen development proliferate make bigger excess wax prosper propagation mount make greater grow up flourish accretion abound thrive proliferation

Topics increase topics

What do people use increase to talk about?
States Quantity More

Increase
Grammar Very Degree

To a larger degree
States

Big
Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Pain
Person Life Stage of life

Grow, get bigger
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
States Quality Good

Value

Conjugation increase conjugation

How do you conjugate increase?

increase · verb

Examples increase examples

How do I use increase in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The sudden increase of cars is causing a large number of traffic accidents every day.
They announced an increase in tuition fees.
The population of Sweden is on the increase.
The population of this city is on the increase.
Along with this increase, there has been a change in the world's economic organization.
This increase in unemployment is a consequence of the recession.
There has been an increase in the number of murders.
The sudden increase of ultraviolet rays made the researchers believe in the existence of ozone holes.
I approached my father about an increase in allowance.
The increase of the population is a serious problem.
Most Japanese opposed a tax increase.
The illiterate man was eager to increase his vocabulary.
Crime is on the increase.
When your business gets rolling we'll talk about an increase.
With every increase of scientific knowledge, man's power for evil is increased in the same proportion as his power for good.
The increase in population has become a serious problem in the country.
Due to a number of unfortunate causes, one-parent families are on the increase.
The management said that a wage increase was out of the question.
An increase in customer complaints could signal a decline in business.
The increase in juvenile delinquency is a serious problem.
There was a steady increase in population.

Movie subtitles

Our job is to increase the sum of human knowledge of the past, not to satisfy our own curiosity.
Then we'd better increase the burglary insurance to 850,000 francs.
WAR WOULD MEAN A PROHIBITIVE INCREASE IN OUR TAXES.
Increase the saline solution.
Shall I increase the current?
Increase the oxygen.
As you wish, my lord. How shall we book the increase?
Start to increase pressure.
Power increase.
Besides me, there were just the usual two people necessary to increase the population.
To increase it, he made me part of another crime.
The salary we get causes untold misery in our families, therefore, we hope our salary will increase soon.
I could increase the rhythm, but that won't be necessary.
I have set resources. that I can't possibly increase!
Gold he arduously worked for runs through his fingers like water, and yet. taxes increase even more.
This plantation's got to increase production.
War would mean a increase in taxes!
To increase the population figure in the English colonies of New South Wales Her Majesty has decreed that the deported convicts are allowed to marry and leave the institution in case of good behaviour.
Either a drastic increase in our present taxes or a series of additional taxes.
I suppose I'll have to hire you back on a fat increase.
With the hollow sound of the prayer drums the monks try to increase the enthusiasm of the believers.
Perhaps our production would increase if our Skoda workers were allowed higher pay. since our food allowance is very low. frequently resulting in exhaustion.
Increase to 50.
Increase your megavoltage to 100,000.
Why, she would hang on him as if increase of appetite had grown by what it fed on.
They also announced that they won't adjust the exchange rates. So an increase on the public tax is unavoidable.
If we did like that, business would increase.
All this will increase the charges.
Oh. did you ask Ilanti for an increase in salary?
Otherwise, I'm always ready to increase it.
We must also remember to give them books to study to increase their knowledge and develop their courage so they become modern citizens.
He built it to increase property value.
To increase stability.
They want to increase your role. Who am I to stand in the way?
That was why our master opposed the general's demand for more men to fight his war and the increase of taxes on rice.
Did you increase them by 2.5?
If the fever continues to increase, apply cold compresses.

News and current affairs

So what could justify another huge increase in gold prices from here?
Most economists failed to foresee the economic dynamics that actually led to the crisis, because they failed to pay enough attention to the rapid increase in US total debt.
Unfortunately, as a result of the private-sector deleveraging and an increase in household savings, the US economy, driven by debt and consumption, slid into recession.
The most important way to achieve both objectives is to increase exports by strengthening US competitiveness.
Many individual donor countries have declared that they are now prepared to increase their financial support for smallholder agriculture, but are searching for the appropriate mechanisms to do so.
This does not mean an increase in overall taxation, but simply a substitution in each country of a pollution (carbon) tax for some current taxes.
A targeted support program could increase substantially the efficiency of spending, freeing up resources for education, health, and poverty eradication.
Responding to water scarcity by re-using and treating wastewater, or through deep-well pumping and desalination, will increase fossil-fuel use.
Governments talk far too much about setting a relatively high carbon tax on emissions, while focusing far too little on ensuring a meaningful increase in research and development to bring about necessary breakthroughs.
Moreover, trade liberalization will also increase consumer confidence worldwide.
A reduction in unit labor costs can also increase competitiveness only to the extent that it actually results in price reductions.
But it is also true that if China and India continue to increase their output of greenhouse gases, they will eventually undo all the good that would be achieved by deep emissions cuts in the industrialized nations.
So the fierce debate over whether to increase the size of American ground forces in Iraq is beside the point.
The national reservations must be go, and a joint strategy for success must be adopted, including a massive increase in civilian and military aid for Afghanistan, if the country is to be prevented from descending into the same abyss as Iraq.
They are hungry because they lack the ability to buy high-yield seeds, fertilizer, irrigation equipment, and other tools needed to increase productivity.
If the slowdown in advanced countries persists, pre-crisis growth levels will not be achievable in the developing world either, owing to insufficient demand to absorb the implied increase in output.
We need to take into account the increase in emissions that adaptation will cause.
Three levers could be used to reach this goal: adjustment in nominal wages, extension of working time, and a reduction in social-security contributions (compensated for by an increase in value-added tax).
To this day, therefore, the risk remains that the number of nuclear powers will increase, particularly given small and medium powers' hope to enhance their prestige and position in regional conflicts.

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