increase

(Engels)

Verb

1. (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
2. (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
3. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
4. (intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An amount by which a quantity is increased.
2. (countable, uncountable) For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
3. (countable, uncountable) Offspring, progeny
4. (countable, uncountable) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪnˈkɹiːs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: encresen

Geërf van Middle English: encres

In summary

From Middle English encresen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Latin increscere (“to increase”), from in (“in, on”) + crescō (“grow”).
The noun is from Middle English encres, from the verb.

Sinonieme

grow

growth

rise

augment

multiply

raise

enlarge

add

expand

increment

addition

augmentation

swell

gain

extend

add to

intensify

expansion

develop

enhance

advance

enlargement

spread

aggrandize

amplify

heighten

magnify

supplement

multiplication

go up

abundance

accrue

promote

boost

strengthen

development

excess

make bigger

proliferate

abound

grow up

flourish

prosper

accretion

wax

mount

propagation

make greater

aggrandizement

escalate

Vertalings

augmenter

aumentar

aumentare

aumentar

augmentation

aumento

vermehren

accroître

vergrößern

aumento

Zunahme

aumento

zunehmen

incremento

accroissement