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What (who) is increase - definition
Increase
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Increase (disambiguation)
·vi Progeny; issue; offspring.
II. Increase ·vi Generation.
III. Increase ·vi To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
IV. Increase ·vi The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing;
- said of the moon.
V. Increase ·vi That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
VI. Increase ·vi To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to Wax; as, the moon increases.
VII. Increase ·vi Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, ·etc.; augmentation; growth.
VIII. Increase ·vi To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to Grow; to Augment; to Advance;
- opposed to decrease.
increase
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Increase (disambiguation)
(increased)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If something increases or you increase it, it becomes greater in number, level, or amount.
The population continues to increase...
Japan's industrial output increased by 2%...
The company has increased the price of its cars...
? decrease
VERB: V, V by/from/to amount, V n
2.
If there is an increase in the number, level, or amount of something, it becomes greater.
...a sharp increase in productivity...
= rise
? decrease
N-COUNT: oft N in n, N of amount
3.
If something is on the increase, it is happening more often or becoming greater in number or intensity.
Crime is on the increase.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
increase
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Increase (disambiguation)
I
n.
1) a considerable, large, sharp, sizable, substantial; moderate; slight; steady increase
2) a rate increase
3) an increase in (an increase in coal consumption)
4) on the increase
II
v.
1) (D; intr., tr.) to increase by (production increased by ten percent)
2) (D; intr., tr.) to increase from; to (the physician increased the dosage from one to four)
Examples of use of increase
1. If you increase availability you increase consumption.
2. "There are many options — early [gas price] increase, delayed increase, increase after 2010," Ovcharov told reporters on Monday.
3. The price increase was due to sharp increase in price of steel, increase in construction cost and increase in the cost of compressor stations, said Khwaja Asif, Pakistani Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources.
4. The global increase in gold prices motivated the company to increase its production of gold.
5. But now, with zero inflation, every nominal wage increase becomes a real wage increase.