increase
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Sense: Noun: process of increasing
Synonyms:
increasing Collocations, growth Collocations, rise Collocations, enlargement, expansion Collocations, escalation Collocations, swelling Collocations, addition Collocations, heightening, extension Collocations, burgeoning, augmentation, intensification, inflation, deepening, pushing up
Antonyms:
decrease Collocations, fall Collocations, drop Collocations, downturn Collocations, dip Collocations, decline Collocations, shortening, lowering, dive Collocations, ebb Collocations, ebbing, contraction, let up, easing off, abatement, plunge Collocations, recession Collocations
Sense: Noun: instance of increase
Synonyms:
rise Collocations, raise Collocations, gain Collocations, addition Collocations, accretion, enhancement Collocations, hike Collocations, jump Collocations, boost, accrual Collocations, expansion Collocations, increment, uptick, leap Collocations
Antonyms:
decrease Collocations, reduction Collocations, cutback, curtailment, compression, contraction, depletion Collocations, subtraction, discount Collocations, worsening
Sense: Verb: add to
Synonyms:
add to, extend Collocations, expand Collocations, enlarge Collocations, escalate Collocations, raise Collocations, augment, up Collocations , step up, ramp up, magnify, amplify, intensify, swell Collocations, compound Collocations, boost, build up, pump up
Antonyms:
decrease Collocations, subtract, lower Collocations, make smaller, lessen, check Collocations, quell, minimize, downsize, shorten, compress, contract Collocations, trim Collocations, cut down, cut back
Sense: Verb: grow
Synonyms:
grow Collocations, expand Collocations, enlarge Collocations, go up, rise Collocations, climb Collocations, mount Collocations, gain Collocations, swell Collocations, wax Collocations, appreciate Collocations, accelerate, escalate Collocations, boom Collocations, blow up , balloon Collocations, snowball, mushroom Collocations, get bigger, get larger, grow larger, grow bigger, spread Collocations
Antonyms:
shrink Collocations, dwindle Collocations, fall Collocations, drop Collocations, go down, dip Collocations, plummet Collocations, diminish Collocations, take a nosedive, decline Collocations, abate , wane Collocations, ease off, die down, ebb Collocations, subside Collocations, recede, fall off, depreciate