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INCREASED
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I. (adjective)
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Meaning:
Made greater in size or amount or degree
Classified under:
Similar:
accrued; accumulated (periodically accumulated over time)
augmented (added to or made greater in amount or number or strength)
enhanced (increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality)
hyperbolic; inflated (enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness)
enlarged; exaggerated; magnified (enlarged to an abnormal degree)
multiplied (greatly increased as by multiplication)
elevated; raised (increased in amount or degree)
redoubled (become much greater in intensity or size or amount)
Antonym:
decreased (made less in size or amount or degree)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb increase
Context examples:
Her astonishment and confusion increased; and though still not knowing how to suppose him serious, she could hardly stand.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
As it approached nearer and nearer to half past nine o'clock, our restless expectation of Mr. Micawber increased.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He had begun to limp, and this limp increased with the hours.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Cell features include nuclei that are not basally located and have increased size, and there may be cell layering.
(Adenoma of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
And our urge to yawn is increased if we are instructed to resist yawning.
(Why Is Yawning so Contagious?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In some cases, metaplastic changes alone may mean there is an increased chance of cancer developing at the site.
(Metaplastic carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)
‘But I was not satisfied, and the attempts which he made to draw me away increased my suspicions.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Of course, he was soon earning more than three dollars a week, and as his wages increased he saved more and more.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
People with metabolic syndrome X are at increased risk of diabetes mellitus and diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
(metabolic syndrome X, NCI Dictionary)
I hope this delay will not have increased the difficulty of securing it.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
