increase: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 10 letter points · starts with I · ends with E
Meaning of increase
verb
- intransitive
(of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
Example: His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.
- transitive
To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- intransitive
To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
Example: The Moon increases.
Listed forms: increases, increasing, increased, encrease.
Source: Wiktionary — increase.
noun
- countable, uncountable
An amount by which a quantity is increased.
Example: An increase of about 30% in hits on the website.
- countable, uncountable
For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
- countable, uncountable
Offspring, progeny.
- countable, uncountable
The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
Listed forms: increases, encrease.
Source: Wiktionary — increase.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for increase.
noun
a quantity that is added
noun
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
noun
the amount by which something increases
noun
the act of increasing something
- step-up
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is increase in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of increase
I(1) + N(1) + C(3) + R(1) + E(1) + A(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of increase
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from increase
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