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increase
English
Alternative forms
- encrease (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English increse, borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Latin increscere (“increase”), present active infinitive of incresc?, from in (“in, on”) + cresc? (“grow”).
The verb is from Middle English incresen, encresen.
Pronunciation
- (verb): enPR: ?nkr?s?, IPA(key): /?n?k?i?s/
- (noun): enPR: ?n?kr?s, IPA(key): /??nk?i?s/
- Rhymes: -i?s
- Hyphenation: in?crease
Verb
increase (third-person singular simple present increases, present participle increasing, simple past and past participle increased)
- (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.
- The waters increased and bare up the ark.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
- To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- Fishes are infinitely more numerous of increasing than Beasts or Birds, as appears by the numerous Spawn.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
Synonyms
- (become larger): wax, go up, grow, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly); See also Thesaurus:increase
- (make larger): increment, raise, up (informal); See also Thesaurus:augment
- (multiply by production of young): proliferate, propagate, teem
- (to show more of the surface): wax
Antonyms
- (become larger): decrease, drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink; See also Thesaurus:decrease
- (make larger): cut, decrease, decrement, lower, reduce; See also Thesaurus:diminish
- (multiply by production of young):
- (to show more of the surface): wane
Derived terms
- increasable
- Increase
Translations
Noun
increase (countable and uncountable, plural increases)
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- She says an increase in melting from climate change may put that at risk.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
- Offspring, progeny
- (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
Synonyms
- (amount by which a quantity is increased): gain, increment, raise (US, said of pay), rise; See also Thesaurus:adjunct or Thesaurus:acquisition
- (act or process of becoming larger): enlargement, expansion; See also Thesaurus:augmentation
Antonyms
- (amount by which a quantity is increased): cut, decrease, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage; See also Thesaurus:decrement
- (act or process of becoming larger): decline, decrease, diminishment; See also Thesaurus:diminution
Translations
Further reading
- increase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- increase in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- increase at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Cairenes, Ceresian, cerasine, resiance
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scion
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion; from Frankish *k?þ?, *k?þ, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, *k?þaz (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *geye (“to split open, sprout”), same source as Old English ??þ (“a young shoot; sprout; germ; sprig”), Old Saxon k?th (“sprout; germ”), Old High German k?di (“offshoot; sprout; germ”). See also French scion and Picard chion. Doublet of chit.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sa??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?sa?.?n/, /?sa?.?n/
- Rhymes: -a??n
Noun
scion (plural scions)
- A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
- The heir to a throne.
- A guardian.
- (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
Translations
Trivia
One of three common words ending in -cion, the other two being coercion and suspicion.
Further reading
- “scion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
References
Anagrams
- ICONs, Nicos, cions, coins, icons, sonic
French
Etymology
From Old French cion, ciun, from Frankish *kith?, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (“to split open, to sprout”). Spelling influenced by scie (“saw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sj??/
Noun
scion m (plural scions)
- scion (detached twig)
- tip of a fishing rod
Synonyms
- (detached twig): greffon
See also
- (tip of fishing rod): canne
Further reading
- “scion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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