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Increase: Definition, Examples, and Common Usage (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：make larger (increase)

increase 🔊

/ɪnˈkriːs/

To make something bigger in size, amount, or number.

Increase meaning chart showing upward trend

make larger 🔊

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/meɪk ˈlɑːrdʒər/

To cause something to become greater in size, amount, number, or degree.

📁 Category：Social Economy 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'increscere' (in- 'in' + crescere 'to grow'), meaning to grow inward.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of 'in' (into) + 'crease' (like a fold expanding): when you put something in a crease, it gets bigger.

📖 Example

The company needs to increase its sales team because business is growing. 🔊 The company needs to enlarge its sales team because business is expanding.

🔗 Collocations

increase productivity – make productivity higher

increase sales – boost sales volume

increase efficiency – improve efficiency

🔄 Synonyms

expand (v.) – to become or make something larger in size or scope

boost (v.) – to increase or improve something, especially suddenly

augment (v.) – to make something greater by adding to it

🚫 Antonyms

decrease (v.) – to become or make something smaller in amount or intensity

reduce (v.) – to make something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size

diminish (v.) – to become or make something less

🌱 Derivatives

increasing (adj.) – becoming greater in size, amount, or degree

increased (adj.) – having become greater

increasingly (adv.) – more and more

📖 Cultural Story

Originating from Latin 'increscere' as a compound of 'in-' and 'crescere' (to grow), the word entered Middle English around the 14th century. Today, it is a core term in economy and statistics, often used to indicate upward trends in reports.

Meaning 2：a rise (increase)

increase 🔊

/ɪnˈkriːs/

The fact of something becoming larger or more numerous.

Increase example pay slips showing salary rise

a rise 🔊

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/ə raɪz/

The act or process of becoming larger in size, amount, number, or degree; an instance of growing.

📁 Category：Social Economy 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

There has been a steady increase in the purchasing power of people in the city over the last five years. 🔊 There has been a steady increase in the purchasing power of people in the city over the last five years.

🔗 Collocations

a significant increase – a large rise

increase in demand – growth in demand

price increase – rise in price

🔄 Synonyms

growth (n.) – the process of increasing in size or value

rise (n.) – an upward movement or increase

surge (n.) – a sudden large increase

🚫 Antonyms

decrease (n.) – a reduction in amount or size

decline (n.) – a gradual decrease

drop (n.) – a fall to a lower level

🌱 Derivatives

incremental (adj.) – relating to an increase, especially one that is small and regular

increment (n.) – an amount by which something increases