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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 increase in natural pain-relief chemicals also points to potential applications for managing chronic pain.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Shares of health insurers rallied in premarket trading on Tuesday after the government improved the initial Medicare Advantage rate increase for next year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Aramco hiked prices for grades sold Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean by $25 a barrel above regional benchmarks, while U.S. customers saw a $10 per barrel increase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The latest price increase means a first class stamp is now almost three times more expensive than it was a decade ago.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“His being so sure of succeeding was wrong,” said she, “and certainly ought not to have appeared; but consider how much it must increase his disappointment!”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen