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increase
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[ɪnˈkriːs], (Verb)
Definitions:
- become or make greater in size, amount, or degree
(e.g: car use is increasing at an alarming rate)
Phrases:
- on the increase
Origin
:
Middle English (formerly also as encrease): from Old French encreistre, from Latin increscere, from in- ‘into’ + crescere ‘grow’
[ˈɪnkriːs], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a rise in the size, amount, or degree of something
(e.g: an increase of 28.3 per cent)
Phrases:
- on the increase
Origin
:
Middle English (formerly also as encrease): from Old French encreistre, from Latin increscere, from in- ‘into’ + crescere ‘grow’
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