increase

aumentar, crecer

Hacerse mayor en tamaño, cantidad o número.

En inglés sencillo: To become bigger in size, amount, or number.

• Prices increased last month.
• The population is increasing rapidly.
• Will demand increase next year?

Cómo se usa: increase by something (Sales increased by ten percent.); increase from A to B (The number increased from twenty to thirty.); increase in something (The city increased in size.)

Sinónimos: rise, grow

Antónimos: decrease, fall

Expresiones frecuentes: increase rapidly, increase by something, increase in size

aumentar, incrementar

Hacer que algo sea mayor en tamaño, cantidad o número.

En inglés sencillo: To make something bigger in size, amount, or number.

• They increased my pay.
• Turn this knob to increase the speed.
• Can we increase production without hiring more staff?

Cómo se usa: increase something by something (They increased the price by two euros.); increase something to something (We increased the group size to twelve.)

Sinónimos: raise, enlarge, boost

Antónimos: decrease, reduce

Expresiones frecuentes: increase prices, increase the speed, increase production, increase something gradually

crecer

Mostrar la luna una parte iluminada cada vez mayor al acercarse a la luna llena.

En inglés sencillo: For the moon, to show a larger bright area as it moves towards being full.

• The moon increases each night.
• We watched the moon increase towards fullness.
• As the moon increased, the nights grew brighter.

Sinónimos: wax

Antónimos: wane

Expresiones frecuentes: moon will increase, moon begins to increase

aumento, incremento

Cantidad adicional en la que algo crece o aumenta.

En inglés sencillo: The extra amount by which something becomes bigger or greater.

• I received a small pay increase.
• The increase was fifty euros.
• They announced a price increase of ten percent.

Cómo se usa: an increase of something (We recorded an increase of twenty students.); an increase in something (There was a large increase in rent.)

Sinónimos: rise, gain

Antónimos: decrease, reduction

Expresiones frecuentes: pay increase, price increase, increase of something

aumento, crecimiento

Proceso por el que algo se hace mayor en tamaño, cantidad o número.

En inglés sencillo: The process of growing in size, amount, or number.

• The increase in demand continues.
• We noticed a steady increase in traffic.
• A rapid increase in population puts pressure on housing.

Cómo se usa: an increase in something (An increase in spending helped the economy.)

Sinónimos: growth, rise

Antónimos: decrease, decline

Expresiones frecuentes: increase in demand, steady increase, rapid increase