increase
Dictionary
noun
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
- Offspring, progeny
- The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
verb
- (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.
"His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money."
- To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
- To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
"The Moon increases."
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