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increase

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɹiːs/

The English word “increase” has 8 meanings listed here.

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).

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.

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