increase; increment; growth
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
"the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
Antonym:
decrease; decrement
decrease; decrement
Type of:
process; physical process
Types:
accession
accretion; accumulation
accretion
accretion
accretion
multiplication
population growth
proliferation
pullulation
relaxation
widening; broadening
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