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Increase   /ɪnkrˈis/  /ˈɪnkrˌis/   Listen
Increase

noun
1.
A quantity that is added.  Synonyms: addition, gain.  "They recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"
2.
A change resulting in an increase.
3.
A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important.  Synonyms: growth, increment.  "The growth of population"
4.
The amount by which something increases.  Synonym: increment.
5.
The act of increasing something.  Synonym: step-up.
verb
(past & past part. increased; pres. part. increasing)
1.
Become bigger or greater in amount.
2.
Make bigger or more.  "The university increased the number of students it admitted"



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"Increase" Quotes from Famous Books



... himself like a respectable gentleman. Ivan Ivanovitch was not there at the moment: he had stepped out somewhere. Recovering from their amazement, the guests expressed an interest in Ivan Nikiforovitch's health, and their pleasure at his increase in breadth. Ivan Nikiforovitch kissed every one, and ...
— Taras Bulba and Other Tales • Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
... heart Darrell awaited developments. He soon noted a marked increase in the frequency of Walcott's calls at The Pines, and, not caring to embarrass Kate by his presence, he absented himself from the house as often as possible on ...
— At the Time Appointed • A. Maynard Barbour
... which she was utterly, profoundly ashamed, the recurrence of which was infinitely painful. She must fill her heart with other thoughts, other objects. "Life is serious enough (the life which lies before me especially) to crowd out these follies. Why do I increase its ...
— A Crooked Path - A Novel • Mrs. Alexander
... Blowitz. "Why I want you to start at once— or— that is— to-morrow morning. I have just received news that makes it important that the search begin at once. I am depending on you. You will go at once, won't you? Come, I'll increase my offer," he said. "I'll pay you two thousand dollars for your time and trouble, stand all expenses, and, if you find the brig, and tow her in, I'll give you three thousand dollars. That's a fair offer. Now you can start to-morrow ...
— The Motor Boys on the Pacific • Clarence Young
... the coming of Ramiro and his knaves she shuddered and closed her eyes in very awe. At length, when I had done, she opened them again, and again she turned them full upon me. Their brightness seemed to increase a moment, and then I saw ...
— The Shame of Motley • Raphael Sabatini


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