increase Definition

increase
verb

tr & intr
increased, increasing
1. To make or become greater in size, intensity or number.

Thesaurus: augment, intensify, supplement, amplify, exaggerate, extend, enlarge, expand, escalate, multiply, boost, up the ante (slang).

noun

1. The act or process of increasing or becoming increased; growth.

Thesaurus: growth, expansion, amplification, extension, addition, increment, annex, appreciation, accession, accretion.
2. The amount by which something increases or is increased. Opposite of decrease.

Idiom: on the increase

Increasing in number, size or frequency.
Example: Violent crime is on the increase

Derivative: increasable
adj

Etymology: 14c: from French encresser, from Latin increscere to grow.