📈

increase

verb

/ɪnˈkri:s/

Meaning

to become or make something larger in amount, number, or degree

to make something larger in size, number, or amount

The company plans to increase its production this year.

The company plans to increase its workforce next year.

increase by leaps and bounds

grow, expand, rise, boost, enhance, escalate

Entry 1

grow, expand, rise, boost, enhance

Entry 2

grow, expand, rise, boost, escalate

decrease, reduce, lower, diminish, lessen

Entry 1

decrease, reduce, lower, diminish

Entry 2

decrease, reduce, lessen

increase number, increase price, increase speed, rapidly increase, increase profits, increase demand

Entry 1

increase number, increase price, increase speed, rapidly increase

Entry 2

increase profits, increase demand, increase speed

To encourage or motivate someone to take action.

To divide different tasks or thoughts into separate sections.

To push away or force apart due to similar charges or properties.

To say or do something in reply or reaction to a statement or action.

To make an action or process happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.

to plant seeds in the ground; to scatter seeds for growing