I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , considerable , dramatic , drastic , enormous , exponential , huge , large , major , marked , massive , significant , substantial , vast
▪ moderate , modest , slight , small
▪ apparent
▪ rapid , sharp , steep , sudden
▪ gradual , incremental , progressive , steady
▪ fivefold , tenfold , etc.
▪ 10% , etc.
▪ double-digit ( esp. AmE )
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Sales of beef have experienced double-digit ~s.
▪ concomitant ( formal ), corresponding , proportional , resulting
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Their reputation has improved, bringing a corresponding ~ in revenues.
▪ average , mean
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The average ~ in value last year was 4.3%.
▪ net , overall , total
▪ across-the-board
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The pay rise represented an across-the-board ~ of between 9% for the highest paid and 32% for the lowest paid worker.
▪ annual , monthly , etc.
▪ projected , proposed
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Retirement planning often starts with projected cost-of-living ~s.
▪ pay , salary , wage
▪ budget , dividend , fare , price , rent , spending , tax , tuition ( AmE )
▪ population , productivity , temperature
VERB + INCREASE
▪ demonstrate , experience , see , show
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Many parts of the country have experienced an ~ in unemployment.
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This year saw an ~ in the number of job applicants.
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Profits show a steady ~.
▪ enjoy
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The country is enjoying the biggest ~ in business confidence for years.
▪ achieve
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We achieved a small ~ in profits of £3 257.
▪ bring , bring about , cause , lead to , produce , result in
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Intensive farming has brought about an ~ in outbreaks of food poisoning.
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The war resulted in a massive ~ in government spending.
▪ observe
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You would expect to observe an ~ in births during peacetime.
▪ predict
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Some companies are predicting price ~s of 30% or more.
▪ propose , suggest
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He proposed a large tax ~.
▪ indicate , reflect , represent
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Improved profitability may indicate an ~ in competitiveness.
▪ be accompanied by , involve , mean
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The measures to improve the health service will involve an ~ in government spending.
▪ announce , post , report
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The company reported a 9.5% ~ in third quarter losses.
INCREASE + VERB
▪ occur
PREPOSITION
▪ on the ~
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Burglaries in the area are on the ~.
▪ ~ in
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There has been an ~ in demand for two-bedroom houses.
▪ ~ on , ~ over
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The figures show a sharp ~ on last year's turnover.
▪ ~ to
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a dividend ~ to 11.4 pence
PHRASES
▪ a rate of ~
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ considerably , dramatically , drastically , enormously , exponentially , greatly , markedly , significantly , substantially , tremendously , vastly
▪ slightly
▪ gradually , progressively
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Progressively ~ the intensity of the exercise over three weeks.
▪ rapidly , sharply , steeply
▪ steadily
▪ slowly
▪ twofold , threefold , etc.
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Sales ~d almost fourfold in this period.
VERB + INCREASE
▪ be expected to , be likely to
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Demand is expected to ~ over the next decade.
PREPOSITION
▪ by
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The budget has ~d by more than a third in the last year.
▪ from
▪ in
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to ~ in amount/number/price/size
▪ to
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Last month the reward was ~d from $20 000 to $40 000.
▪ with
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Disability ~s with age.
Increase is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ amount , ↑ appetite , ↑ asset , ↑ attendance , ↑ awareness , ↑ catch , ↑ circulation , ↑ concentration , ↑ confidence , ↑ consumption , ↑ cost , ↑ count , ↑ crime , ↑ deficit , ↑ demand , ↑ density , ↑ discomfort , ↑ emission , ↑ employment , ↑ enrolment , ↑ expenditure , ↑ expense , ↑ export , ↑ fare , ↑ fee , ↑ funding , ↑ heat , ↑ humidity , ↑ import , ↑ incidence , ↑ income , ↑ index , ↑ inequality , ↑ inflation , ↑ investment , ↑ length , ↑ light , ↑ margin , ↑ migration , ↑ momentum , ↑ mortality , ↑ noise , ↑ number , ↑ odds , ↑ output , ↑ pace , ↑ pain , ↑ participation , ↑ percentage , ↑ population , ↑ premium , ↑ pressure , ↑ price , ↑ production , ↑ productivity , ↑ profit , ↑ proportion , ↑ rate , ↑ reliability , ↑ rent , ↑ return , ↑ revenue , ↑ salary , ↑ sale , ↑ scope , ↑ size , ↑ speed , ↑ stature , ↑ stock , ↑ strength , ↑ supply , ↑ tax , ↑ temperature , ↑ tension , ↑ tourism , ↑ trade , ↑ traffic , ↑ turnover , ↑ unemployment , ↑ usage , ↑ value , ↑ velocity , ↑ violence , ↑ volume , ↑ vote , ↑ wage , ↑ weight , ↑ width , ↑ wind , ↑ workforce , ↑ workload
Increase is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ accountability , ↑ accuracy , ↑ allocation , ↑ amount , ↑ angle , ↑ anxiety , ↑ appeal , ↑ appetite , ↑ appreciation , ↑ asset , ↑ attendance , ↑ availability , ↑ awareness , ↑ base , ↑ benefit , ↑ bid , ↑ blood pressure , ↑ budget , ↑ burden , ↑ bureaucracy , ↑ capability , ↑ capacity , ↑ chance , ↑ charge , ↑ cholesterol , ↑ circulation , ↑ clarity , ↑ clout , ↑ competence , ↑ competition , ↑ complexity , ↑ concentration , ↑ confidence , ↑ congestion , ↑ consumption , ↑ cooperation , ↑ cost , ↑ count , ↑ credibility , ↑ danger , ↑ deficit , ↑ demand , ↑ density , ↑ dependence , ↑ diameter , ↑ difficulty , ↑ disparity , ↑ diversity , ↑ dividend , ↑ dosage , ↑ dose , ↑ duration , ↑ duty , ↑ earnings , ↑ effectiveness , ↑ efficiency , ↑ effort , ↑ employment , ↑ endurance , ↑ engagement , ↑ enjoyment , ↑ enrolment , ↑ erosion , ↑ excise , ↑ expenditure , ↑ export , ↑ exposure , ↑ extent , ↑ fare , ↑ fee , ↑ fine , ↑ fitness , ↑ flexibility , ↑ flow , ↑ force , ↑ frequency , ↑ funding , ↑ gain , ↑ height , ↑ hold , ↑ humidity , ↑ immigration , ↑ impact , ↑ importance , ↑ incentive , ↑ incidence , ↑ income , ↑ inequality , ↑ influence , ↑ intake , ↑ intensity , ↑ interest , ↑ investment , ↑ knowledge , ↑ lead , ↑ length , ↑ level , ↑ leverage , ↑ likelihood , ↑ limit , ↑ literacy , ↑ majority , ↑ manpower , ↑ margin , ↑ membership , ↑ mobility , ↑ momentum , ↑ mortality , ↑ motivation , ↑ number , ↑ occurrence , ↑ odds , ↑ offer , ↑ output , ↑ overdraft , ↑ pace , ↑ pain , ↑ participation , ↑ pay , ↑ payment , ↑ penalty , ↑ penetration , ↑ pension , ↑ per cent , ↑ performance , ↑ point , ↑ pool , ↑ potency , ↑ potential , ↑ power , ↑ precision , ↑ premium , ↑ presence , ↑ prestige , ↑ price , ↑ probability , ↑ production , ↑ productivity , ↑ proficiency , ↑ profile , ↑ profit , ↑ profitability , ↑ quota , ↑ range , ↑ rate , ↑ ratio , ↑ reach , ↑ relevance , ↑ reliability , ↑ reliance , ↑ rent , ↑ repertoire , ↑ representation , ↑ reserve , ↑ resilience , ↑ return , ↑ revenue , ↑ risk , ↑ role , ↑ safety , ↑ salary , ↑ sale , ↑ saving , ↑ scale , ↑ scope , ↑ score , ↑ security , ↑ self-confidence , ↑ setting , ↑ severity , ↑ share , ↑ size , ↑ skill , ↑ speculation , ↑ speed , ↑ spending , ↑ stability , ↑ stake , ↑ stamina , ↑ stock , ↑ strain , ↑ strength , ↑ stress , ↑ subsidy , ↑ success , ↑ suffering , ↑ supply , ↑ support , ↑ surveillance , ↑ tariff , ↑ tax , ↑ taxation , ↑ temperature , ↑ tempo , ↑ tendency , ↑ tension , ↑ tolerance , ↑ tourism , ↑ trade , ↑ traffic , ↑ tuition , ↑ turnout , ↑ turnover , ↑ uncertainty , ↑ understanding , ↑ unemployment , ↑ unpopularity , ↑ urgency , ↑ usage , ↑ use , ↑ usefulness , ↑ utility , ↑ value , ↑ velocity , ↑ vigilance , ↑ visibility , ↑ vitality , ↑ vocabulary , ↑ voltage , ↑ volume , ↑ vulnerability , ↑ wage , ↑ wastage , ↑ wealth , ↑ width , ↑ workforce , ↑ workload , ↑ worry , ↑ worth