INCREASE


Meaning of INCREASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ̘. ̈n.ˈɪnkri:s ]

v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become greater in size, amount, etc., or more numerous. 2 intr. advance (in quality, attainment, etc.). 3 tr. intensify (a quality). --n. 1 the act or process of becoming greater or more numerous; growth, enlargement. 2 (of people, animals, or plants) growth in numbers; multiplication. 3 the amount or extent of an increase. øon the increase increasing, esp. in frequency. øøincreasable adj. increaser n. increasingly adv. [ME f. OF encreiss- stem of encreistre f. L increscere (as IN-(2), crescere grow)]

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