单词 | increase |
释义 | increase v. & n. --v   1. tr. & intr. make or become greater in size, amount, etc., or more numerous.   2. intr. advance (in quality, attainment, etc.).   3. tr. intensify (a quality). --n   1. the act or process of becoming greater or more numerous; growth, enlargement.   2. (of people, animals, or plants) growth in numbers; multiplication.   3. the amount or extent of an increase. Phrases and idioms on the increase increasing, esp. in frequency. Derivatives increasable adj. increaser n. increasingly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF encreiss- stem of encreistre f. L increscere (as IN-(2), crescere grow) |
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