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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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