increase

Definition

  • verb: to become larger or greater in size, amount, number, etc.
  • verb: to become progressively greater (as in size, amount, number, or intensity)
  • synonyms: grow, augment, advance

Examples

  • The number of college applications is 'on the increase'. [='on the rise']

  • These symptoms are associated with an 'increased' risk of heart disease.

  • The construction will probably cause some 'increase' in traffic delays.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Her temperature's been fluctuating... to . - Yes, but, she has... - I went through Foster's data. The Kalavirus's key symptom is an uninterrupted increase in body temperature. Nothing, not even medicine, can stop the increase or suspend it. We need to figure out why she's the exception. (..)
    2016 TvShow: 12 Monkeys Title: Lullaby Season: 2 Episode 8