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# increase

«increase» in Mova's school dictionary: **To become bigger in number, amount or size; to grow** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (increase, increases, increased, increasing); noun (an increase, increases)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To become bigger in number, amount or size; to grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increase/#m1)

2) To make something bigger or more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increase/#m2)

3) (noun) A rise in number, amount or size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increase/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, «increase by» means add that amount; «increase to» means the new total; a percentage increase is a part added on. In science, temperature or speed increases. In everyday life, prices increase. Phrases: «increase by», «increase to», «on the increase», «a sharp increase».

### examples

- The number of pupils increased from 20 to 25. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increase/#x1)
- Increase 8 by 5 and you get 13. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increase/#x2)
- Prices increase every year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increase/#x3)
- When you heat water, its temperature increases. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increase/#x4)
- There was an increase in rain this month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increase/#x5)
- Exercise increases your heart rate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increase/#x6)
- Cases of colds are on the increase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increase/#x7)
- The number of carriages is continually on the increase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increase/#x8)

### note

Stress: verb «in-CREASE», noun «IN-crease». Opposite: decrease. Maths trap: «increase by 5» means +5; «increase to 5» means the answer is 5. «Increase by 10%» means add a tenth.

### In the corpora

- [A pay rise is an increase in pay; some come each year, others have to be asked for.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/12/)
- ["Price adjustment" usually means a price increase.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/24/)
- [If a predator disappears, its prey usually increases in number.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/30-balance-in-food-webs/9/)
- [If prey animals increase too much, they can eat too many plants and harm the whole habitat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/30-balance-in-food-webs/10/)
- [And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.189/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «increase» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increase/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.