Dictionary Entry
increase
increase is a 8-letter English word with 16 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 16 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
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.
- 2intransitive verb
To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- 3intransitive verb
To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
- 4transitive verb
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.
- 5intransitive verb
Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.
- 6intransitive verb
That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
- 7intransitive verb
Progeny; issue; offspring.
- 8intransitive verb
Generation.
- 9intransitive verb
The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.
- 10noun
the act of increasing something
"he gave me an increase in salary"
- 11noun
the amount by which something increases
"they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"
Synonyms
- 12noun
a change resulting in an increase
"the increase is scheduled for next month"
- 13noun
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
"the increase in unemployment"
"the growth of population"
- 14noun
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"
- 15verb
make bigger or more
"The boss finally increased her salary"
"The university increased the number of students it admitted"
- 16verb
become bigger or greater in amount
"The amount of work increased"
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