increase

augmenter, croître

Devenir plus grand ou plus important en quantité ou en nombre.

En anglais simple : To become bigger in size, amount, or number.

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

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : rise, grow

Contraires : decrease, fall

Expressions courantes : increase rapidly, increase by something, increase in size

augmenter, accroître

Rendre quelque chose plus grand ou plus important en quantité ou en nombre.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : increase something by something (They increased the price by two euros.); increase something to something (We increased the group size to twelve.)

Synonymes : raise, enlarge, boost

Contraires : decrease, reduce

Expressions courantes : increase prices, increase the speed, increase production, increase something gradually

croître

Pour la lune, montrer une partie éclairée de plus en plus grande à l’approche de la pleine lune.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : wax

Contraires : wane

Expressions courantes : moon will increase, moon begins to increase

augmentation, hausse

Quantité qui s’ajoute lorsque quelque chose devient plus grand ou plus important.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : an increase of something (We recorded an increase of twenty students.); an increase in something (There was a large increase in rent.)

Synonymes : rise, gain

Contraires : decrease, reduction

Expressions courantes : pay increase, price increase, increase of something

augmentation, accroissement

Fait de devenir plus grand ou plus important en quantité ou en nombre.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : an increase in something (An increase in spending helped the economy.)

Synonymes : growth, rise

Contraires : decrease, decline

Expressions courantes : increase in demand, steady increase, rapid increase