| Meaning | make bigger or more. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Model | They increase their earnings this year |
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| Examples | - "The boss finally increased her salary"
- "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
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| Narrower | augment | enlarge or increase / increase |
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| blow up, enlarge, magnify | make large |
| boost, advance, supercharge | increase or raise |
| boost | Give a boost to |
| build up | enlarge, develop, or increase / increase by degrees or in stages |
| build up, work up, build, ramp up | bolster or strengthen |
| enlarge | make larger |
| escalate, intensify, step up | increase in extent or intensity |
| extend, stretch | increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance |
| heighten, rise | Become more extreme / extreme |
| heighten | make more extreme / extreme |
| inflate, blow up, expand, amplify | exaggerate or make bigger |
| kite | increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently |
| lengthen | make longer |
| maximize, maximise | make as big or large as possible |
| multiply, manifold | combine or increase / increase by multiplication |
| raise | Raise the level or amount of something |
| regenerate | Amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit |
| rev up, rev | increase the number of rotations per minute |
| rev up, step up | speed up |
| up | Raise |
| widen, broaden, extend | Extend in scope or range or area |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Opposite | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
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| Spanish | acrecentar, aumentar, elevar, incrementar, subir |
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| Catalan | acréixer, augmentar, elevar, incrementar |
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| Nouns | increase | the act of increasing / increasing something |
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| increase | the amount by which something increases / increases |
| increase | a change resulting in an increase / increase |
| increase | a process of becoming larger / larger or longer or more numerous or more important |
| increase | a quantity that is added |
