Meaning of increase | Babel Free

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1. (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
   intransitive
2. To make greater or larger.
3. To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
   transitive
4. raise
5. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
6. Increasing, especially in frequency of occurrence: Crime is on the increase.
7. first-person singular present indicative of aumentar
8. To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
   intransitive
9. to (cause to) grow in size, number etc. The number of children in this school has increased greatly in recent years. vermeerder يَزيد увеличавам aumentar narůstat zunehmen tiltage; øge; stige αυξάνω, αυξάνομαιaumentar kasvama افزایش یافتن lisääntyä accroître לִגדוֹל वृद्धि करना porasti, povećati növel meningkatkan auka, aukast aumentare 増える 증가하다 augti, (pa)didėti, (pa)didinti palielināt; palielināties; pieaugt meningkat toenemenøke, stige, voksewzrastać زیات شول aumentar a creşte, a (se) mări...
   etc
10. (the amount, number etc added by) growth. There has been some increase in business; The increase in the population over the last ten years was 40,000. toename زِيادَه увеличение aumento přírůstek; vzestup die Zunahme stigning; øgning αύξησηaumento kasv افزایش؛ رشد kasvu accroissementריבוי वृद्धि, बढ़ती porast, povećanje növekedés peningkatan vöxtur, aukning aumento 増加 증가 augimas, padidėjimas palielināšanās; pieaugšana; pieaugums peningkatan toenamevekst, økning, stigningwzrost زیاد aumento cr...
    etc
11. more and more. It became increasingly difficult to find helpers. toenemend بِصورَةٍ مُتَزايِدَه увеличавайки се cada vez mais stále více immer mehr, zunehmend mere og mere όλο και περισσότεροcada vez más üha rohkem بطور فزاینده yhä enemmän de plus en plus בְּמִידָה גְדֵלָה וְהוֹלֶכֶת अधिक मात्रा में sve više i više mindinkább semakin í vaxandi mæli sempre più ますます 점점 더 vis labiau aizvien vairāk semakin in toenemende mateøkende, stigende, tiltakende coraz bardziej په پورته تلونكي توګه cada vez...
12. becoming more frequent or becoming greater. Acts of violence are on the increase. toenemend في ازْديادٍ مُسْتَمِر нараствам crescendo na vzestupu im Zunehmen stigende; for opadgående αυξανόμενος, σε ανοδική πορεία en aumento kasvamas رو به افزایش lisääntymässä aller croissant גַדֵל וְהוֹלֶך दर में वृद्धि u porastu fokozódik makin meningkat í vexti, sem fer vaxandi in aumento 増加して 점증하여 didėjantis, dažnėjantis pieaugt makin meningkat stijgendvoksende, tiltakende, stigende wzrastający, rosnący l...
13. aumentar, agrandar.
14. To become greater or larger.
15. To multiply; reproduce.
16. The act of increasing: a steady increase in temperature.

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Examples

“His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.”

“The waters increased and bare up the ark.”

“The heavens forbid / But that our loves and comforts should increase, / Even as our days do grow!”

“I have reckoned upon a Medium, that a Child juſt born vvill vveigh 12 pounds, and in a ſolar Year if tollerably nurſed encreaſeth to 28 Pound.”

“This contribution reduces with increasing distance p from the emitting surface element dA, due to conservation of energy, as the wave energy distributed across the spherical wave front remains constant, while the radius increases during ...”

“The report said that deep learning methods increased from just 118 patent requests in 2013 to nearly 2,400 in 2016.”

“The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.”

“Fishes are infinitely more numerous of increasing than Beasts or Birds, as appears by the numerous Spawn.”

“The Moon increases.”

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