English Explanatory Dictionary

increase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
  2. To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
  3. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
  4. To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
noun
  1. An amount by which a quantity is increased.
  2. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
  3. Offspring, progeny.
  4. The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
name
  1. A male given name.

Pronunciation

ĭnkrēsʹ /ɪnˈkɹiːs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-increase.wav en-us-increase-verb.ogg ĭnʹkrēs /ˈɪnkɹiːs/ en-us-increase-noun.ogg

Word forms

increase increases increasing increased 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.

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 proliferate propagate teem uptick acquisition expansion gain enlargement

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

Akkadian: 𒈨𒌍 Albanian: rritem Southern Altai: ӧзӧр Arabic: اِزْدَاد Arabic: زَادَ Arabic: كبر Arabic: زاد Assamese: বাঢ়া Assamese: বঢ়া Azerbaijani: artmaq Bulgarian: нара́ствам Bulgarian: увелича́вам се Catalan: augmentar Chinese Cantonese: 增加 Chinese Cantonese: 增長 /增长 Chinese Cantonese: 增大 Chinese Mandarin: 增加 Chinese Mandarin: 增長 /增长 Chinese Mandarin: 增大 Ngazidja Comorian: hwendjeza Coptic: ⲁⲓⲁⲓ Czech: stoupat Dutch: toenemen Dutch: vermeerderen Dutch: verhogen Dutch: groeien Esperanto: pliiĝi Estonian: kasvama Finnish: kasvaa Finnish: lisääntyä Finnish: suurentua French: augmenter French: croître West-Frisian: waakse Friulian: cressi Galician: aumentar Galician: medrar Galician: arrequecer Georgian: ზრდა Georgian: გადიდება Georgian: მომატება German: zunehmen German: steigen German: ansteigen German: wachsen German: anwachsen Greek: αυξάνω Greek: αβγατίζω Ancient Greek: αὐξάνομαι Hindi: बढ़ना Hindi: वृद्धि Hindi: वर्धन Hungarian: nő Hungarian: növekszik Icelandic: ágerast Icelandic: waxa Icelandic: fjölga Italian: aumentare Italian: ingrossare Italian: crescere Japanese: 増える Japanese: 増加する Japanese: 増大する Khmer: ចំឡើង Khmer: កើនឡើង Kyrgyz: өсүү Latin: augescō Macedonian: зголемува Macedonian: зголеми Middle English: cresen Middle English: encresen Middle English: waxen Nahuatl: timalla Nahuatl: timalloa Norwegian: øke Old English: ēacan Portuguese: aumentar Portuguese: crescer Portuguese: subir Quechua: askhayay
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