increase

I ['ɪŋkriːs]

nome

1) (in amount) aumento m., incremento m., crescita f. (in di)

price increase — aumento di prezzo

an increase of 5%, a 5% increase — un aumento del 5%

2) (in degree) aumento m., crescita f.

to be on the increase — essere in aumento o crescita

II 1. [ɪn'kriːs]

verbo transitivo

1) aumentare [offer, temperature, risk, chances]; aumentare, incrementare [sales]; allungare [life expectancy]

to increase sth. by — aumentare qcs. di [percentage]

to increase sth. to — aumentare qcs. fino a

2) (in knitting) aumentare di [stitch]

2.

verbo intransitivo

1) [sales, volume, workload] aumentare, crescere; [appetite] aumentare

to increase by — aumentare di [percentage]

to increase in number, value — aumentare di numero, valore

to increase in size — ingrandirsi

to increase from... to — aumentare o crescere da... a

2) (in knitting) aumentare

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1. [in'kri:s] verb

(to (cause to) grow in size, number etc: The number of children in this school has increased greatly in recent years.) aumentare

2. ['inkri:s] noun

((the amount, number etc added by) growth: There has been some increase in business; The increase in the population over the last ten years was 40,000.) aumento

- increasingly

- on the increase

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I ['ɪŋkriːs]

nome

1) (in amount) aumento m., incremento m., crescita f. (in di)

price increase — aumento di prezzo

an increase of 5%, a 5% increase — un aumento del 5%

2) (in degree) aumento m., crescita f.

to be on the increase — essere in aumento o crescita

II 1. [ɪn'kriːs]

verbo transitivo

1) aumentare [offer, temperature, risk, chances]; aumentare, incrementare [sales]; allungare [life expectancy]

to increase sth. by — aumentare qcs. di [percentage]

to increase sth. to — aumentare qcs. fino a

2) (in knitting) aumentare di [stitch]

2.

verbo intransitivo

1) [sales, volume, workload] aumentare, crescere; [appetite] aumentare

to increase by — aumentare di [percentage]

to increase in number, value — aumentare di numero, valore

to increase in size — ingrandirsi

to increase from... to — aumentare o crescere da... a

2) (in knitting) aumentare