increase

increase: ▪ I. increase in‧crease ² [ˈɪŋkriːs] noun [countable, uncountable]

1. a rise in amount, number, or degree:

increase in

• There was an increase in delays of deliveries of supplies.

increase be on the increase

• Demand for low-cost housing is on the increase (= is increasing ) .

2. pay/price/tax etc increase when an amount is increased by a company or government:

• Tobacco use in the state fell mostly because of the rise in the cost of cigarettes as a result of the tax increase.

[m0] ▪ II. increase in‧crease ¹ [ɪnˈkriːs] verb

1. [intransitive] to become larger in amount, number, or degree:

• Manufacturing output increased 0.6% in July.

• Sales increased to 11.5 million tons from 11 million tons.

increase in

• The yen is forecast to increase in value over the next year.

• The oil that it uses has increased in price to $13 a barrel.

2. [transitive] to make something larger in amount, number, or degree:

• The rail company increased the number of passengers it carried last year by 14%.

• He has increased the number of his licensing agreements.

— increasing adjective [only before a noun] :

• There is increasing difficulty in finding trained staff.

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increase UK US /ɪnˈkriːs/ verb [I or T]

► to become larger in amount or size, or to make something do this: increase by sth »Sales have increased by 10%.
increase to sth »Our gross margin increased to 24%.
increase in price/size/value »Over the past two years the department has increased in size.
the number/rate/level increases »Staffing numbers increase during the summer months.
increase gradually/slowly/steadily » Bookings are increasing steadily.
»Interest rates have increased slightly.
increase dramatically/rapidly/significantly »The volume of work has increased dramatically.
increase efficiency/production/productivity »The new measures are intended to increase efficiency.
»to increase costs/prices/sales
»This process greatly increases manufacturing speeds.

increasing adjective

► »An increasing number of customers shop online.

increasingly adverb

► »Borrowers are becoming increasingly aware of their options, and tend to shop around.

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increase UK US /ˈɪnkriːs/ noun [C or U]

► a situation in which the number, size, or amount of something gets bigger: a pay/price/tax increase »Customers stocked up, anticipating a January price increase.
an increase in sth »Businesses are facing a 12% increase in energy costs.
an increase of sth »Revenue last year was $347 million, an increase of 26%.
»a dramatic/significant/substantial increase
»a small/slight/steady increase

→ See also RISE(Cf. ↑rise) noun

● on the increase — Cf. on the increase

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increase — vb Increase, enlarge, augment, multiply mean to become or cause to become greater or more numerous. Increase distinctively carries the idea of progressive growth; sometimes it means nothing more than this {Jesus increased in wisdom and stature,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Increase — In crease (?; 277), n. [OE. encres, encresse. See {Increase}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth. [1913 Webster] As if increase of appetite… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
increase — [in krēs′, in′krēs΄; ] for n. [ in′krēs΄, in krēs′] vi. increased, increasing [ME encresen < OFr encreistre < L increscere < in , in, on + crescere, to grow: see CRESCENT] 1. to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; grow 2. to… … English World dictionary
Increase — In*crease , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Increased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Increasing}.] [OE. incresen, encresen, enrescen, OF. encreistre, fr. L. increscere; pref. in in + crescere to grow. See {Crescent}, and cf. {Decrease}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To become… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Increase — In*crease , v. t. To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to increase one s possessions, influence. [1913 Webster] I will increase the famine.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Increase — ist der Vorname folgender Personen: Increase Mather (1639 1723), englischer puritanischer Geistlicher Increase Sumner (1746 1799), US amerikanischer Politiker Jerome Increase Case (1819 1891), US amerikanischer Unternehmer und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
increase — I verb abound, accrue, accumulate, add on, add to, aggrandize, amplificare, amplify, annex, appreciate, augere, augment, become larger, become greater, boost, branch out, broaden, build, burgeon, crescere, develop, dilatare, dilate, enlarge,… … Law dictionary
increase — [n] addition, growth access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, aggrandizement, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, burgeoning, cumulation, development, elaboration, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expansion, extension, gain, hike … New thesaurus
increase — is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable as a noun, and with the stress on the second syllable as a verb … Modern English usage
increase — ► VERB ▪ make or become greater in size, amount, or degree. ► NOUN ▪ an instance or the action of increasing. DERIVATIVES increasing adjective increasingly adverb. ORIGIN Latin increscere, from crescere grow … English terms dictionary
increase */*/*/ — I UK [ɪnˈkriːs] / US [ɪnˈkrɪs] verb Word forms increase : present tense I/you/we/they increase he/she/it increases present participle increasing past tense increased past participle increased Other ways of saying increase: be/go up to increase:… … English dictionary

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