increased

/ɪnˈkɹiːst/

verb

(of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.

Examples :

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

verb

To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.

Examples :

"The farmer increased the amount of fertilizer he used on his crops. "

amount number economy business

verb

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

Examples :

"The number of rabbits in the garden increased rapidly after the spring rains. "

biology organism nature animal plant

verb

To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

Examples :

"The Moon increases."

appearance nature

Meanings

Examples :

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

Examples :

"The farmer increased the amount of fertilizer he used on his crops. "

Examples :

"The number of rabbits in the garden increased rapidly after the spring rains. "

Examples :

"The Moon increases."

Related Words

prolific adjective

Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.

multiply noun

An act or instance of multiplying.

surface noun

The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

greater adjective

Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.

rabbits noun

A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.

quantity noun

A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

fruitful adjective

Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.

rapidly adverb

With speed; in a rapid manner.

fertilizer noun

A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.

fertile adjective

(of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive

increases noun

An amount by which a quantity is increased.

production noun

The act of producing, making or creating something.