increase

increase is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧crease

verb

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

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noun

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Verb

Plain form increase

Third-person singular increases

Past tense increased

Past participle increased

Present participle increasing

Something is increasing

1. To grow; to become bigger.

   The amount of money in my bank account is increasing.

Noun

Singular increase

Plural increases

1. The amount which something has grown

   There was an increase in movie releases last year.

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