Dictionary Definition
increase
Noun
1 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" [syn: addition, gain]
2 a change resulting in an increase; "the
increase is scheduled for next month" [ant: decrease]
3 a process of becoming larger or longer or more
numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the
growth of population" [syn: increment, growth] [ant: decrease, decrease]
4 the amount by which something increases; "they
proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare" [syn: increment] [ant: decrease]
5 the act of increasing something; "he gave me an
increase in salary" [syn: step-up] [ant:
decrease]
Verb
1 become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount
of work increased" [ant: decrease]
2 make bigger or more; "The boss finally
increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of
students it admitted" [ant: decrease]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Verb
- intransitive of a quantity to become larger.
- To make (a quantity) larger.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
become larger
make larger
- Czech: zvýšit, zvětšit
- Finnish: kasvattaa, lisätä, suurentaa
- Italian: aumentare
- Japanese: 増える, 増加する, 増大する
- Korean: 증가시키다
- Portuguese: aumentar, progredir
- Russian: увеличивать, увеличить, наращивать нарастить
- Spanish: aumentar, subir
- ttbc Chinese: (zengjia), (zeng1jia1)
Noun
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
Translations
increased amount
- Greek: αύξηση
- Japanese: 増加, 増大
- Portuguese: acréscimo
- Russian: увеличение, рост, прирост
act of becoming larger
- Greek: αύξηση
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accession, accessory, accompaniment, accretion, accrue, accumulate, add to, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjunction, adjuvant, advance, affixation, agent
provocateur, agglutination, aggrandize, aggrandizement, aggravate, aggravation, ampliation, amplification, amplify, anabasis, annex, annexation, annoy, annoyance, appanage, appendage, appendant, apportion, appreciate, appurtenance, appurtenant, ascension, ascent, attachment, augment, augmentation, balloon, beef up, better, bloat, blossom, blow up, boom, boost, breakthrough, breed, brew, broaden, broadening, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, burgeon, calibrate, calibrated, clamber, climb, climbing, coda, complement, compound, concomitant, contentiousness,
continuation,
corollary, count, crescendo, decrease, deepen, deepening, deliberate
aggravation, deployment, deteriorate, deterioration, develop, developing, development, differentiate, dilate, dispersion, distend, divide, elevation, elongate, embitter, embittering, embitterment, enhance, enhancement, enlarge, enlargement, escalade, escalating, escalation, exacerbate, exacerbation, exalt, exasperate, exasperation, expand, expanding, expansion, extend, extension, extrapolation, fanning
out, fatten, fill out,
fix, fixture, flare, flourish, fortify, fountain, further, gain, gain strength, gains, gather, germinate, get ahead, go up,
gradational,
grade, gradual, graduate, graduated, greaten, grow, grow up, growing, growth, gush, gyring up, heat up, heighten, heightening, hierarchic, hike, hike up, hiking, hot up, huff, hypertrophy, improve, increasing, increment, inflate, inflation, inmate, intensification,
intensify, irritate, irritation, jack up, jet, joining, jump, jump up, junction, juxtaposition, leap, lengthen, levitation, magnification, magnify, make acute, make worse,
manifold, mature, maximize, measure, mount, mounting, multiple, multiplication,
multiplication table, multiplier, multiply, multiplying, mushroom, number, offshoot, on the increase,
outgrow, overdevelop, overgrow, overtop, parcel, parlay, pendant, plus, prefixation, procreate, profits, progressive, proliferate, proliferating, proliferation, prolong, protract, provocation, provoke, puff, puff up, pullulate, pump, pump up, push, put up, pyramid, quantify, quantize, raise, raising, rarefy, rate, recruit, reduce, regular, reinforce, reinforcement, reproduce, rise, rising, rocketing up, run up,
saltation, scalar, shade off, sharpen, sharpening, shoot up,
shooting up, side effect, side issue, snowball, soaring, sour, souring, splay, spout, spread, spreading, spring, spring up, sprout, sprout up, spurt, strengthen, stretch, suffixation, sufflate, superaddition, superfetation, superjunction, superposition, supplement, supplementation,
surge, swarm, swell, tables, tailpiece, takeoff, taking off, teem, thicken, thrive, tower, tumefy, undergirding, uniting, up, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upspear, upspring, upsprout, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, vault, vegetate, vise, wax, waxing, widen, widening, winnings, worsen, worsening, zooming