1. noun возрастание, рост; увеличение, прибавление, размножение, прирост to be on the increase - расти, увеличиваться an increase in pay - прибавка к зарплате 2. v. возрастать, увеличивать(ся); расти; усиливать(ся) to increase ones pace - ускорять шаг to increase by 10% - увеличиться на 10% Syn: see enlarge INCREASE of taxation повышение налогов ...
1. увеличение, возрастание, рост, умножение increase of knowledge —- расширение знаний increase of population —- рост численности населения the increase of a river —- подъем уровня воды в реке increase of pressure —- усиление давления 2. прирост; прибавление an increase by 10 per cent —- увеличение на 10 процентов 3. увеличивать, повышать, усиливать to increase the speed —- увеличить скорость to increase one's vigilance —- повысить свою бдительность 4. увеличиваться, повышаться; возрастать, расти; усиливаться to increase in number —- увеличиться численно to increase in size —- увеличиться в размере, расти 5. размножаться guinea-pigs increase rapidly —- морские свинки быстро размножаются ...
1) возрастание 2) возрастать 3) возрастать по закону 4) вырастать 5) вырасти 6) набавка 7) нарастание 8) наращиваться 9) повышение 10) прибавка 11) приращение 12) прирост 13) расти 14) рост 15) увеличение 16) увеличивать 17) увеличиваться 18) увеличить increase with N — увеличиваться при возрастании N increase without bound — возрастать неограниченно increase without limit — неограниченно возрастать input capacitance increase — электр. эффект Миллера potential of population to increase — размножаемость - exponential increase - fractional increase - increase by - increase in number - increase in output - increase in size - increase in weight - increase the frequency - lack of increase - monotone increase - natural increase - order of increase - point of increase - proportional increase - rate of increase - scale of increase - set of increase - strict increase ...
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become greater in size, amount, etc., or more numerous. 2 intr. advance (in quality, attainment, etc.). 3 tr. intensify (a quality). --n. 1 the act or process of becoming greater or more numerous; growth, enlargement. 2 (of people, animals, or plants) growth in numbers; multiplication. 3 the amount or extent of an increase. Phrases and idioms on the increase increasing, esp. in frequency. Derivatives increasable adj. increaser n. increasingly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF encreiss- stem of encreistre f. L increscere (as IN-(2), crescere grow) ...
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I. verb (~d; increasing) Etymology: Middle English encresen, from Anglo-French encreistre, from Latin increscere, from in- + crescere to grow — more at crescent Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to become progressively greater (as in size, amount, number, or intensity) 2. to multiply by the production of young transitive verb 1. to make greater ; augment 2. obsolete enrich • increasable adjective • ~r noun Synonyms: ~, enlarge, augment, multiply mean to make or become greater. ~ used intransitively implies progressive growth in size, amount, or intensity his waistline ~d with age; used transitively it may imply simple not necessarily progressive addition ~d her landholdings. enlarge implies expansion or extension that makes greater in size or capacity enlarged the kitchen. augment implies addition to what is already well grown or well developed the inheritance augmented his fortune. multiply implies ~ in number by natural generation or by indefinite repetition of a process with each attempt the problems multiplied. II. noun Date: 14th century 1. the act or process of increasing: as a. addition or enlargement in size, extent, or quantity b. obsolete propagation 2. something that is added to an original stock or amount by augmentation or growth (as offspring, produce, profit) ...
(increased) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something increases or you increase it, it becomes greater in number, level, or amount. The population continues to increase... Japan’s industrial output increased by 2%... The company has increased the price of its cars... ? decrease VERB: V, V by/from/to amount, V n 2. If there is an increase in the number, level, or amount of something, it becomes greater. ...a sharp increase in productivity... = rise ? decrease N-COUNT: oft N in n, N of amount 3. If something is on the increase, it is happening more often or becoming greater in number or intensity. Crime is on the increase. PHRASE: v-link PHR ...
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~1 v 1 to become larger in amount, number, or degree (The population of London increased dramatically in the first half of the century. | The pain increased steadily until I could think of nothing else. | increase in value/price/importance etc) (Investments are certain to increase in value.) + by (Food prices increased by 10% in less than a year.) (- see raise1) 2 to make something larger in amount, number, or degree (Now they want to increase our rents! | Political tensions that might increase the likelihood of a nuclear war.) - increasing adj (There is increasing difficulty in finding trained staff.) (- opposite decrease1, -compare reduce) ~2 n a rise in amount, number, or degree + in (an increase in the crime rate) pay/price/tax increase (Recent tax increases have affected the poor more than the rich. | be on the increase (=be increasing)) (Diseases like TB and pneumonia are on the increase.) ...