increase (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def become bigger or greater in amount
examples The amount of work increased
Frame - 1 Something ----s
Outgoing links
Hypernym change magnitude
Derivationally related form increase → increase; increase → increase; increase → increase; increase → increase
Derivationally related form increase → increase
Antonym increase → decrease
Hyponym accrue; spike; add to; gain, gather; explode, irrupt; pyramid; snowball; accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass; add; intensify, deepen; intensify, compound, heighten, deepen; grow; pullulate; widen; appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue; broaden; shoot up; wax, mount, climb, rise; wax, full; crescendo; swell
Incoming links
Derivationally related form increase → increase; increase → increase; increase → increase; increase → increase
Derivationally related form increase → increase
Antonym decrease → increase
Hypernym accrue; spike; add to; gain, gather; explode, irrupt; pyramid; snowball; accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass; add; intensify, deepen; intensify, compound, heighten, deepen; grow; pullulate; widen; appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue; broaden; shoot up; wax, mount, climb, rise; wax, full; crescendo; swell
Hyponym change magnitude
Entailment scale up

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