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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).

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Reports suggested the government was preparing to announce a £13.5bn increase, prompting concerns from defence officials.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The central bank's 25 basis point hike this week followed a 50-point lift last month, and another increase is expected at its policy meeting next week.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

I have the choice of receiving either a pension of $2,900 per month, or $2,200 per month with an annual 3% increase.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

But even excluding food, energy and trade-services categories, wholesale prices were up by 0.8%, a rapid one-month increase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Then, in late June 2005, he had a call from someone at Goldman Sachs asking him if he’d like to increase his trade size to $100 million a pop.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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