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increase::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | increment |
| Type of | amount |
| Has types | rise, gain, boost, hike, fare increase, tax boost, tax hike, up-tick, price increase, wage hike, wage increase, raise, tax-increase, cost increase, supplementation, supplement, amplification, salary increase |
they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | step-up |
| Type of | change of magnitude |
| Has types | intensification, elevation, accruement, surge, maximization, strengthening, stock split, enlargement, split up, split, escalation, maximisation, maximation, expansion, expanding upon, addition, exaggeration, advance, accrual, rise, aggrandisement, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, augmentation, inclusion, upsurge, accumulation |
he gave me an increase in salary.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | addition, gain |
| Type of | indefinite quantity |
| Has types | accretion |
increase::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | growth, increment |
| Type of | process, physical process |
| Has types | pullulation, accretion, proliferation, population growth, relaxation, accumulation, broadening, multiplication, accession, widening |
the increase in unemployment.
increase::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | alteration, change, modification |
| Has types | explosion, waxing, runup, run-up, augmentation, leap, concentration, jump |
the increase is scheduled for next month.
increase::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | change magnitude |
| Has types | accumulate, widen, wax, swell, spike, snowball, shoot up, rise, revalue, pyramid, pullulate, pile up, mount, add to, add, accrue, irrupt, intensify, heighten, grow, gather, gain, full, explode, deepen, cumulate, crescendo, conglomerate, compound, climb, broaden, apprize, apprise, appreciate, amass |
The amount of work increased.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | modify, alter, change |
| Has types | work up, advance, amplify, augment, blow up, boost, broaden, build, build up, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, inflate, intensify, kite, lengthen, magnify, manifold, maximise, maximize, multiply, raise, ramp up, regenerate, rev, rev up, rise, step up, stretch, supercharge, up, widen |
The boss finally increased her salary.
The university increased the number of students it admitted.
Examples of increase
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That's an increase of 39 for Horton but a cut of 20 for McLaughlin and Hrabosky.
From the stltoday.com
The nonprofit has seen an increase in need with the economic downturn, she said.
From the thenewstribune.com
The DeLand resident will be getting a 9 percent pay increase with the promotion.
From the news-journalonline.com
The increase in the gap is a function of pension accounting as much as anything.
From the sacbee.com
The intensity of this view seems to increase as evidence for it is contradicted.
From the sacbee.com
Certain activities or modes of travel increase your risk of exposure to disease.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The box office demand to increase capacity has led to all kinds of difficulties.
From the bloomberg.com
The government is studying a possible increase in the windfall trigger, it said.
From the bloomberg.com
Brent gained 11 percent this month, the largest monthly increase since May 2009.
From the bloomberg.com
- Become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"
- Addition: a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"
- A change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month"
- Make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
- A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
- The amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"
- In knitting, an increase is the creation of one or more new stitches, which may be done by various methods with distinctive looks.
- (Increasing) In mathematics, a monotonic function (or monotone function) is a function which preserves the given order. This concept first arose in calculus, and was later generalized to the more abstract setting of order theory.
- An amount by which a quantity is increased; For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger; to become larger; To make (a quantity) larger
