increase
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(verb) make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary" |
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Related Words: advance, alter, amplify, augment, blow up, boost, broaden, build, build up, change, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, manifold, maximize, multiply, raise, regenerate, rev, rev up, rise, snowball, step up, stretch, up, widen, work up |
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Antonyms: decrease |
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(verb) become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased" |
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Related Words: accrue, accumulate, add to, amass, appreciate, broaden, change magnitude, climb, compound, conglomerate, crescendo, cumulate, deepen, explode, full, gain, gather, grow, heighten, intensify, mount, pile up, pullulate, pyramid, revalue, rise, shoot up, snowball, swell, wax, widen |
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Antonyms: decrease |
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| 3. |
(noun) the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary" |
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Synonyms: step-up |
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Related Words: accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandisement, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, augmentation, change of magnitude, elevation, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expanding upon, expansion, inclusion, intensification, maximisation, maximization, rise, split, split up, stock split, strengthening, surge, upsurge |
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Antonyms: decrease |
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(noun) the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare" |
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Synonyms: increment |
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Related Words: amount, amplification, boost, complement, gain, hike, raise, rise, supplement, tax boost, tax hike, tax-increase |
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Antonyms: decrease |
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(noun) a change resulting in an increase; "the fare increase is scheduled for next month" |
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Related Words: alteration, augmentation, change, concentration, jump, leap, modification, waxing |
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Antonyms: decrease |
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(noun) a process of becoming larger; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" |
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Synonyms: growth, increment |
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Related Words: accretion, accumulation, broadening, multiplication, process, pullulation, teemingness, widening |
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Antonyms: decrease |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: addition, gain |
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Related Words: indefinite quantity |
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