Results for increase
Definitions of increase:
part of speech: verb transitive
To make greater: to advance: to extend: to aggravate.
part of speech: noun
A growing larger; that which is added to the original stock; growth; produce; profit; issue; offspring; the period of waxing; said of the moon.
part of speech: verb
To make more or greater; to advance or exalt; to extend; to spread; to make worse; to augment; to grow.
part of speech: verb transitive
To make greater in any respect; enlarge.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To grow in size: to become greater: to advance.
part of speech: noun
Growth: addition to the original stock: profit: produce: progeny.
part of speech: verb intransitive
Usage examples for increase:
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No increase of force is asked for.
"Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various -
" Not long after you left us I made application to the Government for an increase to the mounted force at my disposal.
"The Lone Ranche", Captain Mayne Reid -
To be in your company would increase her danger.
"The Light That Lures", Percy Brebner -
Having been caught in the trap, why give him all the blame if he tries to increase his income by speculation?
"The Cost of Shelter", Ellen H. Richards