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

1. intransitive 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.
2. intransitive verb. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
3. intransitive verb. To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
4. transitive 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.
5. intransitive verb. Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.
6. intransitive verb. That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
7. intransitive verb. Progeny; issue; offspring.
8. intransitive verb. Generation.
9. intransitive verb. The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.
10. noun. the act of increasing something

    "he gave me an increase in salary"

11. noun. the amount by which something increases

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

    Synonyms: increment

12. noun. a change resulting in an increase

    "the increase is scheduled for next month"

13. noun. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

    "the increase in unemployment"

    "the growth of population"

    Synonyms: growth, increment

14. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: addition, gain

15. verb. make bigger or more

    "The boss finally increased her salary"

    "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

16. verb. become bigger or greater in amount

    "The amount of work increased"

Synonyms

increment, growth, addition, gain

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in increase:

cerasein, resiance

Common word forms

increased, increaser, increases, increasing, increaseful, increasement

Words from these letters

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