increase
pronunciation
How to pronounce increase in British English:
UK [ɪnˈkriːs , ˈɪŋkriːs]
How to pronounce increase in American English:
US [ɪnˈkriːs , ˈɪŋkriːs]
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- Noun:
- a quantity that is added
- a change resulting in an increase
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- the amount by which something increases
- the act of increasing something
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- Verb:
- become bigger or greater in amount
- make bigger or more
Word Origin
- increase
- increase: [14] The -crease element in increase (which occurs also, of course, in its antonym decrease) means ‘grow’. It comes from Latin crēscere ‘grow’ (source of English crescent), which combined with the prefix in- to produce incrēscere ‘grow in, grow on’. This passed into Old French as encreistre, which English originally took over as encres. The Latin-style spelling, with in- instead of en-, was reintroduced in the 15th century. Derived from Latin incrēscere was incrēmentum ‘growth, increase’, which gave English increment [15].=> crescent, crew, croissant, decrease, increment
- increase (v.)
- early 14c., "become greater in size or number; to cause to grow, enlarge," from Anglo-French encress-, Old French encreiss-, present participle stem of encreistre, from Latin increscere "to increase, to grow upon, grow over, swell, grow into," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). Latin spelling restored 15c. Related: Increased; increasing.
- increase (n.)
- late 14c., "action of increasing; results of an increasing," from increase (v.).
Example
- 1. Saudi arabia is driving the increase .
- 2. What are the percentages of increase ?
- 3. But why should entropy always increase ?
- 4. That 's because cursing can increase pain tolerance .
- 5. A tax increase might also be inadvisable .