increase
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭnkrēsʹ
ipa: /ɪnˈkɹiːs/
enpr: ĭnʹkrēs
ipa: /ˈɪnkɹiːs/
rhymes: -iːs
Forms: form: increases
form: increasing
form: increased
form: increased
form: encrease
Etymology: From Middle English encresen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Latin increscere (“to increase”), from in (“in, on”) + crescō (“grow”).
The noun is from Middle English encres, from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.
text: The waters increased and bare up the ark.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 7:17:
text: The heavens forbid / But that our loves and comforts should increase, / Even as our days do grow!
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: I have reckoned upon a Medium, that a Child juſt born vvill vveigh 12 pounds, and in a ſolar Year if tollerably nurſed encreaſeth to 28 Pound.
ref: 1729, [Jonathan Swift], A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents, or the Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, Dublin: […] S[arah] Harding, […], →OCLC, page 7:
text: This contribution reduces with increasing distance p from the emitting surface element dA, due to conservation of energy, as the wave energy distributed across the spherical wave front remains constant, while the radius increases during ...
ref: 1998, Dieter Schuocker, Handbook of the Eurolaser Academy, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 51:
text: The report said that deep learning methods increased from just 118 patent requests in 2013 to nearly 2,400 in 2016.
ref: 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019:
glosses: (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
examples: text: The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
ref: 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:
glosses: To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
examples: text: Fishes are infinitely more numerous of increasing than Beasts or Birds, as appears by the numerous Spawn.
ref: a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
glosses: To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
examples: text: The Moon increases.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
Synonyms: sense: become larger
word: wax
word: go up
word: grow
word: rise
english: rapidly
translation: rapidly
word: soar
english: rapidly
translation: rapidly
word: shoot up
word: greaten
sense: make larger
word: increment
word: raise
word: up
sense: multiply by production of young
word: proliferate
sense: multiply by production of young
word: propagate
sense: multiply by production of young
word: teem
sense: to show more of the surface
word: wax
word: augment
word: increase
word: wind up
Hyponyms: word: accelerate
word: accrue
word: accumulate
word: aggrandize
word: aggravate
word: amplify
word: ascend
word: brighten
word: broaden
word: burgeon
word: climb
word: compound
word: crescendo
word: deepen
word: dilate
word: elevate
word: embiggen
word: enhance
word: enlarge
word: escalate
word: exacerbate
word: exasperate
word: expand
word: extend
word: go up
word: heighten
word: improve
word: inflate
word: intensify
word: lengthen
word: magnify
word: maximize
word: max out
word: quicken
word: shoot up
word: skyrocket
word: soar
word: strengthen
word: surge
word: swell
word: wax
word: widen
Derived terms: disincrease
increasability
increasable
Increase
increasement
increaser
reincrease