Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to increase
Participle: increased
Gerund: increasing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | increase |
| you | increase |
| he;she;it | increases |
| we | increase |
| you | increase |
| they | increase |
Perfect
| I | have increased |
| you | have increased |
| he;she;it | has increased |
| we | have increased |
| you | have increased |
| they | have increased |
Past
| I | increased |
| you | increased |
| he;she;it | increased |
| we | increased |
| you | increased |
| they | increased |
Pluperfect
| I | had increased |
| you | had increased |
| he;she;it | had increased |
| we | had increased |
| you | had increased |
| they | had increased |
Future
| I | will increase |
| you | will increase |
| he;she;it | will increase |
| we | will increase |
| you | will increase |
| they | will increase |
Future Perfect
| I | will have increased |
| you | will have increased |
| he;she;it | will have increased |
| we | will have increased |
| you | will have increased |
| they | will have increased |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | increase |
| you | increase |
| he;she;it | increase |
| we | increase |
| you | increase |
| they | increase |
Perfect
| I | have increased |
| you | have increased |
| he;she;it | have increased |
| we | have increased |
| you | have increased |
| they | have increased |
Imperfect
| I | increased |
| you | increased |
| he;she;it | increased |
| we | increased |
| you | increased |
| they | increased |
Pluperfect
| I | had increased |
| you | had increased |
| he;she;it | had increased |
| we | had increased |
| you | had increased |
| they | had increased |
Conditional
Present
| I | would increase |
| you | would increase |
| he;she;it | would increase |
| we | would increase |
| you | would increase |
| they | would increase |
Perfect
| I | would have increased |
| you | would have increased |
| he;she;it | would have increased |
| we | would have increased |
| you | would have increased |
| they | would have increased |
Imperative
| you | increase |
| we | Let's increase |
| you | increase |
Verbs conjugated like 'increase'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'increase'
encrease,
increate,
uncrease,
accrease,
crease,
decrease,
incase,
incense,
inchase,
incremate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- become larger
- shoot up
- make larger
- augment
- increase
- accrue
- to grow in magnitude, quantity or extent; to become larger
- augment, grow, propagate, rise
- to make larger
- add, augment, embiggen, enhance, enlarge, enlargen, increment, largen, raise, strengthen, up
- expand
- grow, multiply, greaten, enlarge, aggrandize, extend, augment
Antonyms
- become larger
- decrease, plunge, shoot up
- make larger
- decrease, augment, diminish
- to grow in magnitude, quantity or extent; to become larger
- decrease, lessen, reduce
- to become smaller
- decrease
- expand
- condense, contract, restrict, curtail
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1315, from Anglo-Fr.
encress-, from O.Fr.
encreiss-, prp. stem of
encreistre, from L.
increscere "to increase," from
in- "in" +
crescere "to grow" (see crescent). L. spelling restored 15c.
2. From Middle English encresen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Latin increscere (“to increase”), from in (“in, on”) + crescō (“grow”).
3. The noun is from Middle English encres, from the verb. See: Middle English '
encresen', Latin '
increscō'.
Sample Sentences
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It was materially assisted though, I have no doubt, by a heavy gale of wind, which came slowly up at sunset, when we were about ten days out, and raged with gradually increasing fury until morning, saving that it lulled for an hour a little before midnight. There was something in the unnatural repose of that hour, and in the after gathering of the storm, so inconceivably [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ What if it is ? — isn't the man _mine_ ? ” “ We would be willing, sir, to increase the rate of compensation. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] written of them, I more than fully and most heartily subscribe; and that personal intercourse and free communication have bred within me, not the result predicted in the very doubtful proverb, but increased admiration and respect. They are striking men to look at, hard to deceive, prompt to act, lions in energy, Crichtons in varied accomplishments, Indians in fire of eye and gesture, Americans in [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ I don't believe Mas’r would cheat me so; it can't be true ! ” said the woman, with increasing agitation.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the men jump on board, the engine is put in motion, and we go hoarsely on again. There they stand yet, without the motion of a hand. I can see them through my glass, when, in the distance and increasing darkness, they are mere specks to the eye: lingering there still: the old woman in the old chair, and all the rest about her: not stirring in the least degree. And thus I slowly lose them.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Tom, who had the soft, impressible nature of his kindly race, ever yearning toward the simple and childlike, watched the little creature with daily increasing interest. To him she seemed something almost divine; and whenever her golden head and deep blue eyes peered out upon him from behind some dusky cotton-bale, or looked down upon him over some ridge [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ No, indeed not I ! A pretty story, truly ! They are a degraded race. ” “ Don't you think they 've got immortal souls ? ” said Miss Ophelia, with increasing indignation.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] lot, in the bondage into which he was cast, with that of Joseph in Egypt; and, in fact, as time went on, and he developed more and more under the eye of his master, the strength of the parallel increased.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ I say it's perfectly abominable for you to defend such a system ! ” said Miss Ophelia, with increasing warmth.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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If it must be told, the thing that struck a deeper pang to his heart than anything else was the daily increasing maturity of the child's mind and feelings. While still retaining all a child's fanciful graces, yet she often dropped, unconsciously, words of such a reach of thought, and strange unworldly wisdom, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)