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States > Quantity > More > Increase

Preferred term

8.1.4.2Increase  

Definition

  • Use this domain for words related to something increasing in number or amount--to be more than before.

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Scope note

  • What words refer to something increasing in number or amount? increase, go up, rise, grow, climb, gain, escalate, pick up, improve, widen, augment, expand. What words describe something that is increasing in number or amount? increasing, rising, growing, mounting, escalating, expanding, more and more, cumulative. What words refer to increasing a lot? multiply, double, treble, quadruple, proliferate, snowball. What words refer to increasing very quickly? shoot up, soar, rocket, go through the roof, spiral, take off, jump. What words refer to increasing slowly? accumulate, build up, pile up, collect, gather, mount up. What words refer to causing something to increase? increase (vt), raise, put up, push up, drive up, force up, boost, maximize. What words refer to increasing something by adding to it? add to, strengthen, swell, augment, supplement. What words refer to increasing what a machine is doing? turn up. What words refer to an increase in number or amount? increase (n), growth, rise, raise, build-up, upturn, hike, increment, proliferation, addition, supplement. What words refer to a large increase? leap, surge, explosion, boom, jump. What words indicate that something happens or someone does something more than before? increasingly, gain ground, get more and more, become more and more, grow in, gain in. What words describe something that someone is doing or feeling more than before? increased, heightened, greater, higher.

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  • 8.1.4.2

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https://w3id.org/MoRe-SFB1475/CT/concepts/4186967407

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