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increase

[in-krees, in-krees] / ɪnˈkris, ˈɪn kris /




Usage

What are other ways to say increase? To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, or degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions. Augment, a more formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one's income (by doing extra work).

Example Sentences

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As these duplicates spread through overlapping communication paths, networks become congested and data begins to queue, significantly increasing delays.

From Science Daily

Other experts have said the licensing aspect of the deal could form a template for how other Chinese tech companies expand globally in an environment of increasing mistrust of Beijing.

From BBC

Another proposal would make the margin required on short selling to increase as the short interest rises.

From Barron's

However, it continued to point to increased uncertainty surrounding the outlook, both in terms of potential for further tariff changes as well as in the broader macroeconomic environment.

From The Wall Street Journal

An award-winning restaurant is to close amid increasing costs and overheads.

From BBC