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Increase

An amount by which a quantity is increased.

📖 Definitions of "Increase"

noun
  1. 1

    An amount by which a quantity is increased.

  2. 2

    For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger

  3. 3

    Offspring, progeny

  4. 4

    The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

verb
  1. 1

    (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.

    "His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money."

  2. 2

    To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.

  3. 3

    To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

  4. 4

    To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

    "The Moon increases."

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