increase

About 127.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.

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

2. verb To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
3. verb To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
4. verb To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

   The Moon increases.

5. noun An amount by which a quantity is increased.

   An increase of about 30% in hits on the website.

6. noun For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
7. noun Offspring, progeny.
8. noun The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

Similar words

growth increment step-up gain addition grow growing enlarge enlargement amplification

Often followed by

in the of their or with and its to

Word family

increasable increased increaser increasers increases increasing