increase
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- noun
- /ˈɪnˌkriːs/
- George Osborne's Budget yesterday was not expected to cancel out the huge increase in costs.
- a price increase
- a percent increase
- a significant increase
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- And so that increase in price is a tax.
- Or what are you attributing this increase in young male suicide to?
- There was also something else to do with increases in pension contribution.
- It's a stiff consecutive increase to base rates.
- They have been party to vast, you know, increases in federal spending, certainly.
- So it is actually an increase in the compute units.
- And he hears that increase in tone, increase in sweetness, increase in warmth.
- I want the trophy from my bank that said highest increase in your net savings.
- So it's a fraction of a increase, but not much.
- And that did translate to increases in the parents.
Examples
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Recent studies show a predicted 10 percent increase of fatalities per year.
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They want a 17% increase in pay or this fall they go on strike.
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Those things lead to an increase in financial conditions.
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Your own figures show a 17% increase in gun crime in the last 12 months.
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What's the net impact of this increase in tax rates?
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One is the reaction to the increase in refugees.
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The miners are asking for a 35 percent increase in wages.
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What they did find was a sharp increase in nutrients, especially ammonia.
Academic text (2011) -
There's going to be a substantial increase in snowmelt.
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November records showed a 49 percent increase from last year, Gregory said.
Synonyms
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2.3
An advantage that gives you more money or success
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3.6
An increase in amount, level, or strength
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5.1
A small fixed amount by which something increases
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5.6
A small rise in the level or value of something
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3.3
An increase in size or amount
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6.1
An increase in size, amount, or level
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Etymology
Increase comes from Latin in- 'in' and crescere 'to grow', giving the image of 'growing more', which is why as a noun it can mean the extra amount something grows or the added quantity.