increase
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: astronomy
business
knitting
manufacturing
natural-sciences
textiles
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.
Inflected forms:
form: increases
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: increasing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: increased
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: increased
pos: verb
tags: past
form: encrease
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: increases
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: encrease
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.
The waters increased and bare up the ark.
The heavens forbid / But that our loves and comforts should increase, / Even as our days do grow!
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.
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 ...
The report said that deep learning methods increased from just 118 patent requests in 2013 to nearly 2,400 in 2016.
gloss: To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
Drivers like the idea of increasing traffic flow and reducing congestion on the portion of I-80 between Davis and West Sacramento.
gloss: To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
pos: verb
examples: Fishes are infinitely more numerous of increasing than Beasts or Birds, as appears by the numerous Spawn.
gloss: To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The Moon increases.
gloss: An amount by which a quantity is increased.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: An increase of about 30% in hits on the website.
Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
She says an increase in melting from climate change may put that at risk.
gloss: For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Offspring, progeny.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: That infortunate imperfit Embrion of my idle houres the Ile of Dogs before mentioned, breeding vnto me ſuch bitter throwes in the teaming as it did, and the tempeſtes that aroſe at his birth, ſo aſtoniſhing outragious and violent as if my braine had bene conceiued of another Hercules, I was ſo terrifyed with my owne encreaſe (like a woman long trauailing to bee deliuered of a monſter) that it was no ſooner borne but I was glad to run from it.
gloss: The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: wax
go up
grow
soar
shoot up
greaten
raise
up
accelerate
accrue
aggrandize
augment
embiggen
enhance
enlarge
heighten
increase
swell
wind up
rise
increment
uptick
acquisition
expansion
Antonyms: decrease
drop
fall
go down
plummet
plunge
reduce
shrink
sink
cut
decrement
lower
wane
contract
lessen
loss
lowering
reduction
shrinkage
decline
diminishment
Derived words: disincrease
reincrease
increasability
increasable
Increase
increasement
increaser
natural increase rate
nonincrease
Translations:
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒈨𒌍
roman: miādu, ḪI.A
lang: Albanian
word: rritem
lang: Southern Altai
word: ӧзӧр
roman: özör
lang: Arabic
word: اِزْدَاد
roman: izdād
lang: Arabic
word: زَادَ
roman: zāda
lang: Arabic
word: كبر
roman: kabur
lang: Arabic
word: كبر
roman: keber
lang: Arabic
word: زاد
roman: zaad
lang: Assamese
word: বাঢ়া
roman: barha
lang: Assamese
word: বঢ়া
roman: borha
lang: Azerbaijani
word: artmaq
lang: Bulgarian
word: нара́ствам
roman: narástvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: увелича́вам се
roman: uveličávam se
lang: Catalan
word: augmentar
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 增加
roman: zang¹ gaa¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 增長 /增长
roman: zang¹ zoeng²
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 增大
roman: zang¹ daai⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 增加
roman: zēngjiā
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 增長 /增长
roman: zēngzhǎng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 增大
roman: zēngdà
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: hwendjeza
lang: Coptic
word: ⲁⲓⲁⲓ
roman: aiai
lang: Czech
word: stoupat
lang: Dutch
word: toenemen
lang: Dutch
word: vermeerderen
lang: Dutch
word: verhogen
lang: Dutch
word: groeien
lang: Esperanto
word: pliiĝi
lang: Estonian
word: kasvama
lang: Finnish
word: kasvaa
lang: Finnish
word: lisääntyä
lang: Finnish
word: suurentua
lang: French
word: augmenter
lang: French
word: croître
lang: West-Frisian
word: waakse
lang: Friulian
word: cressi
lang: Galician
word: aumentar
lang: Galician
word: medrar
lang: Galician
word: arrequecer
lang: Georgian
word: ზრდა
roman: zrda
lang: Georgian
word: გადიდება
roman: gadideba
lang: Georgian
word: მომატება
roman: momaṭeba
lang: German
word: zunehmen
lang: German
word: steigen
lang: German
word: ansteigen
lang: German
word: wachsen
lang: German
word: anwachsen
lang: Greek
word: αυξάνω
roman: afxáno
lang: Greek
word: αβγατίζω
roman: avgatízo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: αὐξάνομαι
roman: auxánomai
lang: Hindi
word: बढ़ना
roman: baṛhnā
lang: Hindi
word: वृद्धि
roman: vŕddhi
lang: Hindi
word: वर्धन
roman: vardhan
lang: Hungarian
word: nő
lang: Hungarian
word: növekszik
lang: Icelandic
word: ágerast
lang: Icelandic
word: waxa
lang: Icelandic
word: fjölga
lang: Italian
word: aumentare
lang: Italian
word: ingrossare
lang: Italian
word: crescere
lang: Japanese
word: 増える
roman: fueru
lang: Japanese
word: 増加する
roman: zōka-suru
lang: Japanese
word: 増大する
roman: zōdai-suru
lang: Khmer
word: ចំឡើង
roman: cɑmlaəng
lang: Khmer
word: កើនឡើង
roman: kaənlaəng
lang: Kyrgyz
word: өсүү
roman: ösüü
lang: Latin
word: augescō
lang: Macedonian
word: зголемува
roman: zgolemuva
lang: Macedonian
word: зголеми
roman: zgolemi
lang: Middle English
word: cresen
lang: Middle English
word: encresen
lang: Middle English
word: waxen
lang: Nahuatl
word: timalla
lang: Nahuatl
word: timalloa
lang: Norwegian
word: øke
lang: Old English
word: ēacan
lang: Portuguese
word: aumentar
lang: Portuguese
word: crescer
lang: Portuguese
word: subir
lang: Quechua
word: askhayay
lang: Romanian
word: crește
lang: Romanian
word: mări
lang: Romanian
word: spori
lang: Romanian
word: urca
lang: Russian
word: возраста́ть
roman: vozrastátʹ
lang: Russian
word: возрасти́
roman: vozrastí
lang: Russian
word: увели́чиваться
roman: uvelíčivatʹsja
lang: Russian
word: увели́читься
roman: uvelíčitʹsja
lang: Russian
word: расти́
roman: rastí
lang: Russian
word: вы́расти
roman: výrasti
lang: Sanskrit
word: वक्षति
roman: vakṣati
lang: Slovak
word: zväčšiť sa
lang: Slovak
word: zväčšovať sa
lang: Spanish
word: aumentar
lang: Spanish
word: acrecentarse
lang: Spanish
word: incrementarse
lang: Spanish
word: amochiguar
lang: Swedish
word: växa
lang: Telugu
word: పెరుగు
roman: perugu
lang: Turkish
word: artmak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: آرتمق
roman: artmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: зроста́ти
roman: zrostáty
lang: Ukrainian
word: рости́
roman: rostý
lang: Urdu
word: بڑھنا
roman: baṛhnā
lang: Vietnamese
word: tăng