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US
/ˈɪnˌkɹis, ˌɪnˈkɹis/
]
NOUN
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the act of increasing something
he gave me an increase in salary -
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 -
the amount by which something increases
they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare -
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
the increase in unemployment
the growth of population -
a change resulting in an increase
the increase is scheduled for next month
VERB
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become bigger or greater in amount
The amount of work increased -
make bigger or more
The university increased the number of students it admitted
The boss finally increased her salary
How To Use increase In A Sentence
- What we do not know are the precise weighting of factors that go into why prices increase at any particular time.
- The application of fertilizer increased the size of the plants.
- Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010. StarTribune.com rss feed
- An AFTRA statement confirmed the issues' importance, calling the 1% increase the union's "primary objective" in the bargaining. Jonathan Handel: AFTRA, Networks Reach New Three Year Deal
- McGill University, however, has found a way to increase access to its rare books - thanks to a lot of grant money and one badass digital camera.
- Added to which there is a large increase in the fees receivable in 1994 to a level of almost £123,000 which accounts for the large increase in the gross profit over the previous and subsequent years.
- Book value can increase as a result of mergers, and it can go up if a company has just sold a lot of new equity.
- A steady stream of self-released mix tapes and videos - all adhering to the group's cartoonishly horrifying aesthetic, all a bit more deranged than the rest - increased the buzz and kept the conversation going. In concert: OFWGKTA at U Street Music Hall
- The increased number of detectors and tube rotation times combine to give faster coverage of a given volume of tissue.
- Another trend referred to two related areas – increased user-centeredness and increased inter-disciplinarity. Archive 2008-02-01
