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41increase — is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable as a noun, and with the stress on the second syllable as a verb …
42increase — ► VERB ▪ make or become greater in size, amount, or degree. ► NOUN ▪ an instance or the action of increasing. DERIVATIVES increasing adjective increasingly adverb. ORIGIN Latin increscere, from crescere grow …
43increase */*/*/ — I UK [ɪnˈkriːs] / US [ɪnˈkrɪs] verb Word forms increase : present tense I/you/we/they increase he/she/it increases present participle increasing past tense increased past participle increased Other ways of saying increase: be/go up to increase:… …
44increase — ▪ I. increase in‧crease 2 [ˈɪŋkriːs] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. a rise in amount, number, or degree: increase in • There was an increase in delays of deliveries of supplies. increase be on the increase • Demand for low cost housing is on… …
45increase — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, dramatic, drastic, enormous, exponential, huge, large, major, marked …
46increase — in|crease1 W1S2 [ınˈkri:s] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: encreistre, from Latin increscere, from crescere to grow ] [I and T] if you increase something, or if it increases, it becomes bigger in amount, number, or degree ≠ ↑decrease,… …
47Increase Mather — Infobox Person name = Increase Mather image size = 220px caption = Increase Mather in 1688, when he was in London. Portrait by John van der Spriett birth date = birth date|1639|6|21|mf=y birth place = Dorchester, Massachusetts death date = death… …
48increase*/*/*/ — [ɪnˈkriːs] verb [I/T] I to become larger in number or amount, or to make something do this We have managed to increase the number of patients treated.[/ex] The population has increased by 15 per cent.[/ex] The club has been increasing in… …
49increase — I n. 1) a considerable, large, sharp, sizable, substantial; moderate; slight; steady increase 2) a rate increase 3) an increase in (an increase in coal consumption) 4) on the increase II v. 1) (D; intr., tr.) to increase by (production increased… …
50Increase (knitting) — In knitting, an increase is the creation of one or more new stitches, which may be done by various methods with distinctive looks.Methods of Single Increasing (knitting)* Yarn over increase or eyelet increase The simplest increase is to do a yarn …
