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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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The company argued attorneys were swindling their own clients, inflating medical bills of car crash victims to increase the value of the settlement and then pocketing a hefty chunk of the payouts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

Last year, the board voted for a 3% increase on one-year leases and a 4.5% increase on two-year leases, effective from Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

"We have never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly."

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

A 10-year refurbishment of Buckingham Palace - funded through a temporary increase in the Sovereign Grant which pays for the official duties of the royals - is due to be completed in March.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Similar to other sequenced learning approaches, such as Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development or scaffolding, Gordon’s approach relies on a gradual increase in skill level difficulty as the student progresses.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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