increased 音标拼音: [ɪnkr'ist] ['ɪnkr
, ist]
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increased adj 1 :
made greater in size or amount or degree [
ant :
{
decreased }, {
reduced }]
Increase \
In *
crease "\,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Increased };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Increasing }.] [
OE .
incresen ,
encresen ,
enrescen ,
OF .
encreistre ,
fr .
L .
increscere ;
pref .
in -
in crescere to grow .
See {
Crescent },
and cf . {
Decrease }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
To become greater or more in size ,
quantity ,
number ,
degree ,
value ,
intensity ,
power ,
authority ,
reputation ,
wealth ;
to grow ;
to augment ;
to advance ; --
opposed to {
decrease }.
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The waters increased and bare up the ark . --
Gen .
vii .
17 .
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He must increase ,
but I must decrease . --
John iii .
30 .
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The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts should increase ,
Even as our days do grow ! --
Shak .
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2 .
To multiply by the production of young ;
to be fertile ,
fruitful ,
or prolific .
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Fishes are more numerous or increasing than beasts or birds ,
as appears by their numerous spawn . --
Sir M .
Hale .
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3 . (
Astron .)
To become more nearly full ;
to show more of the surface ;
to wax ;
as ,
the moon increases .
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{
Increasing function } (
Math .),
a function whose value increases when that of the variable increases ,
and decreases when the latter is diminished ;
also called a {
monotonically increasing function }.
Syn :
To enlarge ;
extend ;
multiply ;
expand ;
develop ;
heighten ;
amplify ;
raise ;
enhance ;
spread ;
aggravate ;
magnify ;
augment ;
advance .
Usage :
To {
Increase }, {
Enlarge }, {
Extend }.
Enlarge implies to make larger or broader in size .
Extend marks the progress of enlargement so as to have wider boundaries .
Increase denotes enlargement by growth and internal vitality ,
as in the case of plants .
A kingdom is enlarged by the addition of new territories ;
the mind is enlarged by knowledge .
A kingdom is extended when its boundaries are carried to a greater distance from the center .
A man '
s riches ,
honors ,
knowledge ,
etc .,
are increased by accessions which are made from time to time .
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increased \
increased \
adj .
1 .
made greater in size or amount or degree .
Opposite of {
decreased }. [
Narrower terms : {
augmented ; {
exaggerated ,
hyperbolic ,
inflated }; {
exaggerated ,
magnified ,
enlarged ; {
raised (
prenominal ),
inflated ]
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "
increased ":
accelerated ,
aggrandized ,
aggravated ,
ampliate ,
amplified ,
annoyed ,
augmented ,
beefed -
up ,
bloated ,
boosted ,
broadened ,
built -
up ,
crescendoed ,
deepened ,
deliberately provoked ,
elevated ,
embittered ,
enhanced ,
enlarged ,
exacerbated ,
exasperated ,
expanded ,
extended ,
heated up ,
heightened ,
hiked ,
hotted up ,
inflated ,
intensified ,
irritated ,
jazzed up ,
magnified ,
manifold ,
multifold ,
multiple ,
multiplied ,
polynomial ,
proliferated ,
provoked ,
raised ,
reinforced ,
soured ,
spread ,
stiffened ,
strengthened ,
swollen ,
tightened ,
upped ,
widened ,
worse ,
worsened
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