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 increase |
| 1. |
[ verb ] become bigger or greater in amount |
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"The amount of work increased"
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decrease
change_magnitude
add
grow
wax
widen
intensify
swell
accumulate
gain
shoot_up
intensify
accrue
broaden
snowball
appreciate
wax
crescendo
spike
explode
pyramid
add_to
pullulate
snowball
addition
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| 2. |
[ verb ] make bigger or more |
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"The boss finally increased her salary"
"The university increased the number of students it admitted"
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decrease
change
raise
widen
augment
multiply
build_up
enlarge
build_up
boost
heighten
inflate
escalate
maximize
blow_up
rev_up
up
boost
lengthen
heighten
rev
regenerate
snowball
kite
build_up
extend
addition
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| 3. |
[ noun ] a quantity that is added |
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gain
addition
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"there was an addition to property taxes this year"
"they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"
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indefinite_quantity
accretion
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| 4. |
[ noun ] a change resulting in an increase |
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"the increase is scheduled for next month"
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decrease
change
concentration
waxing
jump
run-up
explosion
augmentation
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| 5. |
[ noun ] a process of becoming larger or more numerous or more important |
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growth
increment
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"the increase in unemployment"
"the growth of population"
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decrease
decrease
process
accretion
accretion
widening
pullulation
accretion
accretion
proliferation
relaxation
population_growth
multiplication
accession
grow
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| 6. |
[ noun ] the amount by which something increases |
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increment
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"they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"
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decrease
amount
supplement
raise
amplification
rise
complement
price_increase
up-tick
fare_increase
tax-increase
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| 7. |
[ noun ] the act of increasing something |
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step-up
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| Examples: |
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"he gave me an increase in salary"
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decrease
change_of_magnitude
expansion
escalation
addition
intensification
surge
appreciation
accumulation
exaggeration
split
strengthening
fortification
maximization
advance
expansion
inclusion
intensification
aggrandizement
amplification
augmentation
escalate
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increased
increasing
ingrate
increment
Ingrassia
ingrained
Ingram
insure
Inocor
injure
ingres
incredible
incredibly
ingraft
ingrain
insurer
ingress
Ingrian
injured
insured
in_gear
incremental
incredulous
incredulity
in_circles
ingratiate
Ingraham
inquire
inshore
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