Increase Definition
ĭn-krēs
increased, increases, increasing
verb
increased, increases, increasing
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment.
Webster's New World
To become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; grow.
Webster's New World
To become greater in numbers by producing offspring; multiply; propagate.
Webster's New World
To multiply; reproduce.
American Heritage
To make greater or larger.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
increases
An increasing or becoming increased.
Webster's New World
The result or amount of an increasing.
A population increase of 10%
Webster's New World
Reproduction and spread; propagation.
American Heritage
For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
Wiktionary
(knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
on the increase
- Increasing, especially in frequency of occurrence:
Crime is on the increase.
American Heritage
on the increase
- increasing
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Increase
- on the increase
- on the increase
Origin of Increase
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Middle English encresen from Old French encreistre encreiss- from Latin incrēscere in- intensive pref. in–2 crēscere to grow ker-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Old French, from Latin increscere (“increase”), present active infinitive of increscō, from in (“in, on”) + crescō (“grow”).
From Wiktionary
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