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

To become greater in any respect; multiply; grow.

Usage examples for increase:

• 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