INCREASE
\ˈɪnkɹiːs], \ˈɪnkɹiːs], \ˈɪ_n_k_ɹ_iː_s]\
Definitions of INCREASE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"
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the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"
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a change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month"
By Princeton University
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become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"
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the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"
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a change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month"
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make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
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To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
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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.
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That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
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Progeny; issue; offspring.
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To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; - opposed to decrease.
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The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; - said of the moon.
By Oddity Software
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To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
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To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
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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.
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That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
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Progeny; issue; offspring.
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To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; - opposed to decrease.
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The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; - said of the moon.
By Noah Webster.
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To become greater in any respect; multiply; grow.
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To make greater in any respect; enlarge.
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A growing larger; that which is added to the original stock; growth; produce; profit; issue; offspring; the period of waxing; said of the moon.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To grow in size: to become greater: to advance.
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To make greater: to advance: to extend: to aggravate.
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Growth: addition to the original stock: profit: produce: progeny.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To make or become greater; enlarge; augment; grow; multiply.
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A growing larger or greater; augmentation; increment; produce.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Augmentation; growth; increment; profit; produce; progeny.
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To make greater; to advance; to add; to extend; to aggravate.
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To become greater in any quality that is capable of more or less; to grow; to advance; to multiply.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To make more or greater; to advance or exalt; to extend; to spread; to make worse; to augment; to grow.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Augmentation of the size or weight of a body, by the application of new molecules around those which already exist.
By Robley Dunglison
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