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Thesaurus > Abstract relations > Quantity > Comparative quantity > Changes in quantity
35. Increase
Nouns
- increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation etc. (expansion) S194; increment, accretion; accession etc. S37; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent etc. S305; exaggeration, exacerbation; spread etc. (dispersion) S73; flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit.
Verbs
- increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate etc. (expand) S194; grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend etc. S305; sprout etc. S194.
- aggrandize; raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino [Lat], superadd etc. (add) S37[obs3]; spread etc. (disperse) S73.
Adjectives
- increased etc. v.; on the increase, undiminished; additional etc. (added) S37.
Adverbs
Phrases
- vires acquirit eundo [Lat][Vergil].
