increase

  1. Verb.  (intransitive, of a quantity) to become larger.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To make (a quantity) larger.
  3. Noun.  An amount by which a quantity is increased.
  4. Noun.  For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.

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