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# increased

«increased» in Mova's school dictionary: **made bigger or became more** — 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); adjective (increased)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Increased means made bigger or became more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increased/#m1)

2) An increased amount is a bigger one than before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increased/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a change that adds: «increased by 5» adds 5, «increased to 20» gives the new amount; in science: the temperature increased as we heated the water; in everyday life: prices increased, the number of pupils increased; phrases: «increased by», «increased to», «increased from … to»

### examples

- The price increased by $3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increased/#x1)
- The number of pupils increased to 30. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increased/#x2)
- His savings increased by 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increased/#x3)
- By how much did it increase? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increased/#x4)
- The temperature of the water increased as it was heated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increased/#x5)
- The bus fare increased from $2 to $3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increased/#x6)
- Her reading speed increased a lot this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increased/#x7)
- The rain increased in the afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increased/#x8)
- As the warmth increased, the Snow Man decreased. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/increased/#x9)

### note

«By» adds the change; «to» gives the result. Trap: «increased to 30 from 25» means a change of 5. Opposite: decreased. «Increased by 10%» means add a tenth of the old amount.

### In the corpora

- [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/)
- [And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.933/)
- [By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.679/)
- [And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.57/)
- [And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.430/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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