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1. Becoming greater or larger
   "increasing prices"
    
2. Getting louder

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"

See also: accelerando, accelerative, acceleratory, accretionary, accretive, augmentative, crescendo, incorporative, increasingly, maximising [Brit], maximizing, multiplicative, profit-maximising, profit-maximizing, progressive, raising

Type of: alter, change, change magnitude, modify

Antonym: decrease, decreasing

Encyclopedia: Increasing