increase

intransitive verb

To become greater or larger.

intransitive verb

To multiply; reproduce.

intransitive verb

To make greater or larger.

noun

The act of increasing.

noun

The amount or rate by which something is increased.

noun

Reproduction and spread; propagation.

idiom

(on the increase) Increasing, especially in frequency of occurrence.

To become greater in any respect; become enlarged, extended, or multiplied; grow or advance in size, quantity, number, degree, etc.; augment; multiply; wax, as the moon.

To make greater in any respect; enlarge or extend in bulk, quantity, number, degree, etc.; add to; enhance; aggravate: opposed to diminish.

noun

A growing larger, as in size, number, quantity, degree, etc.; augmentation; enlargement; extension; multiplication.