Increased Increase ɪnˈkriːs Oil Price Verb Costs Significantly

• costs have increased significantly.
• to iincrease dramatically/substantially
• the price of oil increased.
• oil increased in price.

increase

Verb Forms

1. to become greater in amount, number, value, etc.; to make something greater in amount, number, value, etc.
• OPPOSITE decrease
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• Costs have increased significantly.
• to iincrease dramatically/substantially
• The price of oil increased.
• Oil increased in price.
• The rate of inflation increased by 2 per cent.
• The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million.
• Disability increases with age (= the older somebody is, the more likely they are to be disabled).
• Sun exposure may increase the risk of skin cancer.
• Our aim is to increase the number of women in the sport.
• The company plans to significantly increase product availability over the next year.
• They've increased the price by 50 per cent.
• Last month the reward was increased from $20 000 to $40 000.
• An increasing number of people live alone.
• increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere

Extra Examples

• Demand is expected to increase over the next decade.
• Sales increased almost fourfold in this period.
• The budget has increased by more than a third in the last year.
• We need to increase productivity.
• Progressively increase the intensity of the exercise over three weeks.
• You can increase or decrease the font size.

Word Origin

• Middle English (formerly also as encrease): from Old French encreistre, from Latin increscere, from in- ‘into’ + crescere ‘grow’.