Definition of "increase" in English

verb

1. (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.

   • His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.

2. (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.

3. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

4. (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

   • The Moon increases.

noun

1. An amount by which a quantity is increased.

2. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.

3. Offspring, progeny.

4. (knitting, crochet) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).