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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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Researchers found no evidence that direct cash payments increase the likelihood of traumatic injury or death.

From Science Daily

Most current biomarker tests require chemical amplification to increase tiny molecular signals, which adds time, complexity, and expense.

From Science Daily

But there has been a steady increase in the number of trusts referring employees and staff being chased by debt collection agencies and bailiffs.

From BBC

This "sounds really scary," but the increase has come from a low starting point, Coleman emphasised.

From Barron's

"This is allowing us to maximise increased earnings from the recent run up in copper prices as well as gold," BHP chief executive Mike Henry said.

From Barron's