Definitions for increase
ɪnˈkris; ˈɪn krisin·crease

Princeton's WordNet(2.85 / 13 votes)Rate this definition:

1. addition, increase, gainnoun

   a quantity that is added

   "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"

2. increasenoun

   a change resulting in an increase

   "the increase is scheduled for next month"

3. increase, increment, growthnoun

   a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

   "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

4. increase, incrementnoun

   the amount by which something increases

   "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"

5. increase, step-upverb

   the act of increasing something

   "he gave me an increase in salary"

6. increaseverb

   become bigger or greater in amount

   "The amount of work increased"

7. increaseverb

   make bigger or more

   "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. increasenoun

   An amount by which a quantity is increased.

2. increasenoun

   For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger

3. increaseverb

   to become larger.

4. increaseverb

   To make (a quantity) larger.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Increaseverb

   to become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to decrease

2. Increaseverb

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

3. Increaseverb

   to become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases

4. Increaseverb

   to augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to increase one's possessions, influence

5. Increaseverb

   addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth

6. Increaseverb

   that which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest

7. Increaseverb

   progeny; issue; offspring

8. Increaseverb

   generation

9. Increaseverb

   the period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon

Freebase(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Increase

   In knitting, an increase is the creation of one or more new stitches, which may be done by various methods with distinctive looks.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Increase

   in-krēs′, v.i. to grow in size: to become greater: to advance.—v.t. to make greater: to advance: to extend: to aggravate.—adj. Increas′able.—ns. Increas′ableness; In′crease, growth: addition to the original stock: profit: produce: progeny.—adj. Increase′ful (Shak.), abundant of produce.—adv. Increas′ingly, in the way of increase. [M. E. incresen—en (L. in), and O. Fr. creisser, croistre—L. crescĕre, to grow.]

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Change Magnitude
   • Process

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'increase' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1053

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'increase' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1259

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'increase' in Nouns Frequency: #371

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'increase' in Verbs Frequency: #120

How to pronounce increase?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of increase in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of increase in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of increase in a Sentence

1. James Aldrete:

   If Matt Mackowiak increase people's economic security in non-college communities of color, we can increase turnout.

2. Roger Wicker:

   Senate Republicans have a targeted and responsible infrastructure plan, if the President will work with us, infrastructure is something we can and should be able to do in a bipartisan way. What there isn't any appetite for in our conference is a tax increase on job creators.

3. Zep Lee:

   Definitely, we will continue to enlarge our fleet and increase our number of aircraft in the future, growth in the number of our self-owned aircraft will be in the double-digits next year.

4. Robert Garcia:

   With the situation in the South China Sea right now, it looks like the presence of foreign troops will increase in coming months.

5. Ric Spooner:

   Certainly ($50) is a psychological barrier. There is a momentum, people will try and push it up over that, (From a) practical point of view will there or will there not be a sustainable increase above $50? At the $50-$55 range there has got to be a good chance of seeing the peak.

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