Synonym: add to, advance, enlarge, expand, extend, raise. Antonym: decrease, diminish. Similar words: increased, increasing, increasingly, decrease, on credit, concrete, incredible, incredibly. Meaning: [ɪn'krɪːs] 
n. 1. a quantity that is added 2. a change resulting in an increase 3. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important 4. the amount by which something increases 5. the act of increasing something. v. 1. become bigger or greater in amount 2. make bigger or more.
n. 1. a quantity that is added 2. a change resulting in an increase 3. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important 4. the amount by which something increases 5. the act of increasing something. v. 1. become bigger or greater in amount 2. make bigger or more. 1 When riches increase, the body decreases. 
2 Stop beefing about the price increase.
3 Our main aim is to increase sales in Europe.
4 He has been advised to increase his fibre intake.
5 The increase in salary will be appreciable.
6 A comfortable working environment will increase productivity.
7 The sudden increase in sales is easily explicable.
8 Smoking can increase the risk of developing heart disease.
9 Environmentalists are alarmed by the dramatic increase in pollution.
10 The qualification should increase my earning capacity.
11 Car theft is on the increase.
12 We need to increase public awareness of the disease.
13 His collection of books is always on the increase.
14 Being rich doesn't actually increase your happiness quotient.
15 The club has/have decided to increase subscriptions.
16 Small businesses have been exempted from the tax increase.
17 These exercises build muscle and increase stamina.
18 They notified a rent increase to us.
19 The bank's deposit accounts are on the increase.
20 Opening a new school will increase parental choice.
21 Crime is on the increase,[www.Sentencedict.com] especially mugging and burglary.
22 There was a rapid increase in the internal trade.
23 There has been an increase in total government spending.
24 There was a steady increase in population.
25 Massage may help to increase blood flow to specific areas of the body.
26 The President is backtracking on his promise to increase healthcare spending.
27 The campaign was designed to increase public awareness of the problem.
28 The force hopes to increase the number of its beat constables.
29 Love is like the moon; when it does not increase it decreases.
30 The slowdown in domestic demand was offset by an increase in exports.