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increase

1. verb /ɪnˈkriːs,ˈɪnkriːs/

a) to become larger.

b) To make (a quantity) larger.

Syn: go up, grow, rise, soar, shoot up, increment, raise, up

Ant: decrease, drop, fall, go down, plummet, plunge, reduce, shrink, sink, cut, decrement, lower

2. noun /ɪnˈkriːs,ˈɪnkriːs/

a) An amount by which a quantity is increased.

b) For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger

Syn: gain, increment, raise, rise

Ant: cut, decrease, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage

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