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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | encreistre, from Latin increscere, from crescere 'to grow' |
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in‧crease1 S2 W1
[intransitive and transitive] if you increase something, or if it increases, it becomes bigger in amount, number, or degree [≠ decrease, reduce]: 
political tensions that might increase the likelihood of warVisits to the site have increased threefold since May.
political tensions that might increase the likelihood of warVisits to the site have increased threefold since May. —increasing adjective: the increasing difficulty of finding trained staff European leaders watched events unfold with increasing alarm.
the increasing difficulty of finding trained staffEuropean leaders watched events unfold with increasing alarm. —increased adjective: an increased incidence of childhood leukaemia
an increased incidence of childhood leukaemia