Increase Meaning
/ɪnˈkɹiːs/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verb(of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
verbTo make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
Sentence Examples
When your business gets rolling we'll talk about an increase.
The sudden increase of cars is causing a large number of traffic accidents every day.
This month's figures show an increase in violent crime.
CEFR Practice Quiz
To meet the demand, the factory plans to ____ production by twenty percent.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The recent ____ in the price of gasoline has led many people to start using public transport.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English encresen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Latin increscere (“to increase”), from in (“in, on”) + crescō (“grow”). The noun is from Middle English encres, from the verb.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The waters increased and bare up the ark."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 7:17:
"The heavens forbid / But that our loves and comforts should increase, / Even as our days do grow!"
— c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
"I have reckoned upon a Medium, that a Child juſt born vvill vveigh 12 pounds, and in a ſolar Year if tollerably nurſed encreaſeth to 28 Pound."
— 1729, [Jonathan Swift], A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents, or the Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, Dublin: […] S[arah] Harding, […], →OCLC, page 7:
"This contribution reduces with increasing distance p from the emitting surface element dA, due to conservation of energy, as the wave energy distributed across the spherical wave front remains constant, while the radius increases during ..."
— 1998, Dieter Schuocker, Handbook of the Eurolaser Academy, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 51:
"The report said that deep learning methods increased from just 118 patent requests in 2013 to nearly 2,400 in 2016."
— 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To meet the demand, the factory plans to ____ production by twenty percent.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The recent ____ in the price of gasoline has led many people to start using public transport.