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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English encresen , borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre , from Latin increscere ( “ increase ” ) , present active infinitive of increscō , from in ( “ in, on ” ) + crescō ( “ grow ” ) .
The noun is from Middle English encres , from the verb.
Pronunciation
( verb ) : enPR : ĭnkrēsʹ , IPA (key ) : /ɪnˈkɹiːs/
( noun ) : enPR : ĭnʹkrēs , IPA (key ) : /ˈɪnkɹiːs/
Rhymes: -iːs
Hyphenation: in‧crease
Verb
increase (third-person singular simple present increases , present participle increasing , simple past and past participle increased )
( intransitive ) (of a quantity , etc.) To become larger or greater.
His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :The heavens forbid / But that our loves and comforts should increase , / Even as our days do grow!
2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America , archived from the original on 7 February 2019 :The report said that deep learning methods increased from just 118 patent requests in 2013 to nearly 2,400 in 2016.
( transitive ) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders , “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture ”, in American Scientist :The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
To multiply by the production of young ; to be fertile , fruitful , or prolific .
a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale , The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature , London: William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, , published 1677 , →OCLC :Fishes are infinitely more numerous of increasing than Beasts or Birds, as appears by the numerous Spawn.
( astronomy , intransitive ) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax .
The Moon increases .
Synonyms
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "become larger" ): decrease , drop , fall , go down , plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce , shrink , sink ; See also Thesaurus:decrease
(antonym(s) of "make larger" ): cut , decrease , decrement , lower , reduce ; See also Thesaurus:diminish
(antonym(s) of "multiply by production of young" ):
(antonym(s) of "to show more of the surface" ): wane
Derived terms
Translations
become larger
Akkadian: 𒈨𒌍 ( miādu, ḪI.A )
Arabic: اِزْدَاد ( izdād ) , زَادَ ( zāda ) , كبر (ar) ( kabur )
Egyptian Arabic: كبر ( keber ) , زاد ( zaad )
Assamese:
Central: বাঢ়া ( barha )
Eastern: বঢ়া ( borha )
Azerbaijani: artmaq (az)
Bulgarian: нара́ствам (bg) ( narástvam ) , увеличавам се ( uveličavam se )
Catalan: augmentar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 增加 ( zang1 gaa1 ) , 增長 / 增长 ( zang1 zoeng2 ) , 增大 ( zang1 daai6 )
Mandarin: 增加 (zh) ( zēngjiā ) , 增長 / 增长 (zh) ( zēngzhǎng ) , 增大 (zh) ( zēngdà )
Coptic: ⲁⲓⲁⲓ ( aiai )
Czech: stoupat (cs)
Dutch: toenemen (nl) , vermeerderen (nl) , verhogen (nl) , groeien (nl)
Esperanto: pliiĝi
Estonian: kasvama
Finnish: kasvaa (fi) , lisääntyä (fi) , suurentua (fi)
French: augmenter (fr) , croître (fr)
Friulian: cressi
Galician: aumentar (gl) , medrar (gl) , arrequecer (gl)
Georgian: ზრდა ( zrda ) , გადიდება ( gadideba ) , მომატება ( momaṭeba )
German: zunehmen (de) , steigen (de) , ansteigen (de) , wachsen (de) , anwachsen (de)
Greek: αυξάνω (el) ( afxáno ) , αβγατίζω (el) ( avgatízo )
Ancient: αὐξάνομαι ( auxánomai )
Hindi: बढ़ना (hi) ( baṛhnā )
Hungarian: nő (hu) , növekszik (hu)
Icelandic: ágerast , waxa , fjölga
Italian: aumentare (it) , ingrossare (it) , crescere (it)
Japanese: 増える (ja) ( ふえる, fueru ) , 増加する ( ぞうかする, zōka-suru ) , 増大する ( ぞうだいする, zōdai-suru )
Khmer: ចំឡើង ( cɑmlaəng ) , កើនឡើង ( kaənlaəng )
Latin: augescō
Macedonian: зголемува impf ( zgolemuva ) , зголеми pf ( zgolemi )
Middle English: cresen , encresen , waxen
Nahuatl: timalla , timalloa
Ngazidja Comorian: hwendjeza
Norwegian: øke (no)
Old English: ēacan
Ottoman Turkish: آرتمق ( artmak )
Portuguese: aumentar (pt) , crescer (pt) , subir (pt) ( of values )
Quechua: askhayay
Romanian: crește (ro) , mări (ro) , spori (ro) , urca (ro)
Russian: возраста́ть (ru) impf ( vozrastátʹ ) , возрасти́ (ru) pf ( vozrastí ) , увели́чиваться (ru) ( uvelíčivatʹsja ) , увели́читься (ru) ( uvelíčitʹsja ) , расти́ (ru) impf ( rastí ) , вы́расти (ru) pf ( výrasti )
Sanskrit: वक्षति ( vakṣati )
Spanish: aumentar (es) , acrecentar (es) , incrementar (es) ( pronominal )
Swedish: växa (sv)
Telugu: పెరుగు (te) ( perugu )
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: artmak (tr)
Ukrainian: зроста́ти (uk) ( zrostáty ) , рости́ (uk) ( rostý )
Urdu: بڑھنا ( baṛhnā )
Vietnamese: tăng (vi)
West Frisian: waakse
make larger
Arabic: زَاد ( zād )
Assamese: বঢ়োৱা ( borhüa )
Bulgarian: увеличавам (bg) ( uveličavam ) , усилвам (bg) ( usilvam )
Catalan: augmentar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 增加 ( zang1 gaa1 ) , 增長 / 增长 ( zang1 zoeng2 ) , 增大 ( zang1 daai6 )
Mandarin: 增加 (zh) ( zēngjiā ) , 增長 / 增长 (zh) ( zēngzhǎng ) , 增大 (zh) ( zēngdà )
Czech: zvýšit (cs) , zvětšit (cs)
Dutch: opvoeren (nl) , vergroten (nl)
Esperanto: pliigi , plialtigi
Finnish: kasvattaa (fi) , lisätä (fi) , suurentaa (fi)
French: augmenter (fr) , accroître (fr)
Galician: aumentar (gl) , arrequentar (gl) , arrequecer (gl)
German: erhöhen (de) , steigern (de) , vergrößern (de)
Greek: αυξάνω (el) ( afxáno ) , ανεβαίνω (el) ( anevaíno )
Ancient: αὐξάνω ( auxánō ) , πληθύνω ( plēthúnō )
Hindi: बढ़ाना (hi) ( baṛhānā )
Hungarian: növel (hu)
Icelandic: auka (is) , fjölga
Irish: ardaigh
Italian: aumentare (it) , incrementare (it)
Japanese: 増やす (ja) ( ふやす, fuyasu ) , 増加する ( ぞうかする, zōka-suru ) , 増大する ( ぞうだいする, zōdai-suru )
Khmer: បង្កើន (km) ( bɑngkaən ) , ដំឡើង (km) ( dɑmlaəng ) , ដម្លើង ( dɑmləəng )
Korean: 증가시키다 ( jeunggasikida )
Latin: augeō (la) , adiciō (la) , accumulō , grandiō
Maori: whakarawa , whakaranea
Middle English: encresen
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Nepali: थप्नु ( thapnu )
Old English: īeċan
Portuguese: aumentar (pt)
Quechua: askhayachiy , achkachay
Russian: увели́чивать (ru) impf ( uvelíčivatʹ ) , увели́чить (ru) pf ( uvelíčitʹ ) , нара́щивать (ru) impf ( naráščivatʹ ) , нарасти́ть (ru) pf ( narastítʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: повећавати impf , повећати pf
Roman: povećavati impf , povećati pf
Spanish: aumentar (es) , subir (es) , incrementar (es)
Swedish: öka (sv)
Telugu: పెంచు (te) ( peñcu )
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: arttırmak (tr)
Ukrainian: збі́льшувати impf ( zbílʹšuvaty ) , збі́льшити pf ( zbílʹšyty )
Urdu: بڑھانا ( baṛhānā )
Noun
increase (countable and uncountable , plural increases )
An amount by which a quantity is increased.
2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell , “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance ”, in American Scientist :Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
2018 , VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns :She says an increase in melting from climate change may put that at risk.
For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
Offspring , progeny
1599 , [Thomas] Nashe , Nashes Lenten Stuffe, , London: [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes ] for N L and C B , →OCLC , page 2 :That infortunate imperfit Embrion of my idle houres the Ile of Dogs before mentioned, breeding vnto me ſuch bitter throwes in the teaming as it did, and the tempeſtes that aroſe at his birth, ſo aſtoniſhing outragious and violent as if my braine had bene conceiued of another Hercules, I was ſo terrifyed with my owne encreaſe (like a woman long trauailing to bee deliuered of a monſter) that it was no ſooner borne but I was glad to run from it.
( knitting ) The creation of one or more new stitches ; see Increase (knitting) .
Synonyms
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "amount by which a quantity is increased" ): cut , decrease , decrement , drop , fall , loss , lowering , reduction , shrinkage ; See also Thesaurus:decrement
(antonym(s) of "act or process of becoming larger" ): decline , decrease , diminishment ; See also Thesaurus:diminution
Derived terms
Translations
increased amount
Arabic: زِيَادَة ( ziyāda )
Bulgarian: увеличение (bg) n ( uveličenie )
Catalan: augment (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 增加 ( zang1 gaa1 ) , 增長 / 增长 ( zang1 zoeng2 ) , 增大 ( zang1 daai6 ) , 增幅 ( zang1 fuk1 )
Mandarin: 增加 (zh) ( zēngjiā ) , 增大 (zh) ( zēngdà ) , 增長 / 增长 (zh) ( zēngzhǎng ) , 增幅 (zh) ( zēngfú )
Czech: zvýšení (cs)
Dutch: toename (nl) , stijging (nl) , vermeerdering (nl)
Esperanto: plimultiĝo
Finnish: lisäys (fi) , lisä (fi) , kasvu (fi)
German: Erhöhung (de) f , Steigerung (de) f , Vergrößerung (de) f , Zunahme (de) f , Anstieg (de) m , Wachstum (de) n
Greek: αύξηση (el) f ( áfxisi )
Ancient: αὔξησις f ( aúxēsis )
Hindi: बढ़ाई f ( baṛhāī )
Hungarian: növekmény (hu) , növekedés (hu)
Irish: breis f , fuilleamh m , ardú m
Italian: aggravio (it) m , aumento (it) m
Japanese: 増加量 ( ぞうかりょう, zōkaryō ) , 増加 (ja) ( ぞうか, zōka ) , 増大 (ja) ( ぞうだい, zōdai )
Korean: 증가량(増加量) ( jeunggaryang )
Latin: augmentum n
Middle English: encres
Occitan: aument m
Old English: ēaca m
Polish: wzrost (pl) m , zwiększenie (pl) n , przyrost (pl) m
Portuguese: acréscimo (pt) m , aumento (pt) m
Romanian: creștere (ro) f , sporire (ro) f , mărire (ro) f
Russian: увеличе́ние (ru) n ( uveličénije ) , рост (ru) m ( rost ) , приро́ст (ru) m ( priróst ) , прибавле́ние (ru) n ( pribavlénije )
Sanskrit: उपचय (sa) m ( upacaya )
Scottish Gaelic: àrdachadh m
Spanish: incremento (es) ( mathematics ) , aumento (es) m
Swedish: ökning (sv) c
Tagalog: pagdaragdag , pagdugang
Telugu: పెంపు (te) ( pempu )
Turkish: artmak (tr) , büyümek (tr) , çoğalmak (tr) , gelişmek (tr) , kâr etmek (tr) , yükselmek (tr) , fazlalaşmak (tr)
Ukrainian: ріст ( rist ) , при́ріст ( prýrist )
Urdu: بڑھاْی f ( baṛhāī )
act of becoming larger
Arabic: اِرْتِفَاع m ( irtifāʕ ) , اِزْدِيَاد m ( izdiyād )
Bulgarian: растеж (bg) m ( rastež ) , нарастване (bg) n ( narastvane )
Catalan: augment (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 增加 (zh) ( zēngjiā ) , 增大 (zh) ( zēngdà )
Czech: zvýšení (cs)
Danish: stigning c
Finnish: kasvaminen (fi) , lisääntyminen (fi)
French: augmentation (fr) f
Galician: suba f , aumento (gl) m
German: Ansteigen n , Anstieg (de) m , Anwachsen n , Erhöhung (de) f , Steigen (de) n , Steigern (de) n , Vergrößern (de) n , Wachsen (de) n , Zunahme (de) f
Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐍃 f ( uswahsts )
Greek: αύξηση (el) f ( áfxisi )
Hindi: बढ़ाई f ( baṛhāī )
Hungarian: növekedés (hu)
Irish: breisiú m , fuilleamh m , ardú
Japanese: 増加 (ja) ( ぞうか, zōka ) , 増大 (ja) ( ぞうだい, zōdai )
Korean: 증가(增加) (ko) ( jeungga )
Latin: auctus (la) m
Middle English: encres
Occitan: aument m
Old English: ēaca m
Persian: افزایش (fa) ( afzâyeš )
Portuguese: aumento (pt) m
Russian: увеличе́ние (ru) n ( uveličénije ) , рост (ru) m ( rost ) , возраста́ние (ru) n ( vozrastánije ) , разраста́ние (ru) n ( razrastánije ) , прибавле́ние (ru) n ( pribavlénije ) , приро́ст (ru) m ( priróst )
Scottish Gaelic: piseach m , àrdachadh m
Spanish: aumento (es) m
Swedish: ökning (sv) c
Telugu: పెంపు (te) ( pempu )
Turkish: artış (tr) , artma (tr) , büyüme (tr) , çoğalma (tr) , gelişme (tr) , kâr (tr) , yükselme (tr) , fazlalaşma (tr)
Urdu: بڑھاْی f ( baṛhāī )
Further reading
“increase ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“increase ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“increase ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
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