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1. Become bigger or greater in amount
   "The amount of work increased"
    
2. Make bigger or more
   "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

1. A quantity that is added
   - addition, gain
    
2. A change resulting in an increase
   "the increase is scheduled for next month"
    
3. A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
   "the increase in unemployment"
   - increment, growth
    
4. The amount by which something increases
   "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"
   - increment
    
5. The act of increasing something
   "he gave me an increase in salary"
   - step-up

Derived forms: increased, increasing, increases

Type of: alter, alteration, amount, change, change magnitude, change of magnitude, indefinite quantity, modification, modify, physical process, process

Antonym: decrease