increase

increase is on the Basic English 850 List.

in - increase - industry

increase is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

income - increase - indeed

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧crease

verb

• enPR: ĭnkrēs’, IPA ^(key): /ɪnˈkriːs/
• SAMPA: /In"kri:s/

• Audio (US)

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noun

• enPR: ĭn'krēs, IPA ^(key): /ˈɪnkriːs/
• SAMPA: /"Inkri:s/

• Audio (US)

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Verb

Plain form increase

Third-person singular increases

Past tense increased

Past participle increased

Present participle increasing

Increase is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. To grow; to become bigger.
   • Antonym: decrease

   The amount of money in my bank account is increasing.

Noun

Singular increase

Plural increases

Increase is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. The amount which something has grown.
   • Antonym: decrease

   There was an increase in movie releases last year.

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