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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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The condition occurs in roughly one out of every 140,000 people after a first vaccine dose and increases to about one in 32,000 after a second dose.

From Science Daily

Blackbirds and robins are usually the first to sing, external, followed by wrens, thrushes, and warblers as the light increases.

From BBC

The move is part of a broader effort to increase pressure on Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal

A large urban district in Florida saw an increase in student test scores.

From The Wall Street Journal

The issue boiled over at a tense City Council meeting earlier this month, where city leaders rebuffed the mayor’s request to significantly increase police hiring.

From Los Angeles Times