English Dictionary

increase

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈkɹiːs/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

An amount by which a quantity is increased. / For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger / Offspring, progeny / (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

日本語の意味

数量が増加する量 / 数量が大きくなる行為や過程 / 子孫、子供 / （編み物における）目の増し

The company reported an increase of twelve percent in quarterly revenue.

同社は四半期の収益が12パーセント増加したと報告した。

意味（1）

An amount by which a quantity is increased.

Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

意味（2）

For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger

意味（3）

Offspring, progeny

That infortunate imperfit Embrion of my idle houres the Ile of Dogs before mentioned, breeding vnto me ſuch bitter throwes in the teaming as it did, and the tempeſtes that aroſe at his birth, ſo aſtoniſhing outragious and violent as if my braine had bene conceiued of another Hercules, I was ſo terrifyed with my owne encreaſe (like a woman long trauailing to bee deliuered of a monſter) that it was no ſooner borne but I was glad to run from it.

意味（4）

(knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

increases （ plural ）