English > step-up: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of increasing / increasing something. |
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| Synonym | increase |
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| Narrower | accumulation, accrual, accruement | The act of accumulating |
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| addition | The act of adding one thing to another |
| advance, rise | increase / increase / increase / increase / increase in price or value |
| aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation | The act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something |
| amplification | (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current |
| appreciation | An increase / increase / increase / increase / increase in price or value |
| augmentation | The act of augmenting |
| escalation | An increase / increase / increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy |
| exaggeration | The act of making something more noticeable / noticeable / noticeable than usual / usual |
| expansion, enlargement | The act of increasing / increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope |
| expansion, expanding upon | adding information or detail |
| inclusion | The act of including |
| intensification | action / action that makes something stronger or more extreme / extreme |
| intensification | The act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film) |
| maximization, maximisation, maximation | The act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position |
| split, stock split, split up | An increase / increase / increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity |
| strengthening | The act of increasing the strength of something |
| surge, upsurge | A sudden or abrupt strong increase / increase / increase / increase |
| Broader | change of magnitude | The act of changing the amount or size of something |
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| Opposite | decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down | The act of decreasing or reducing something |
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| Spanish | acrecentamiento, aumento, crecimiento, incremento, multiplicación |
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| Catalan | acreixement, ascens, augment, creixement, creixença, engrandiment, incrementació, increment |
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| Verbs | step up | increase in extent or intensity |
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