increase
/ɪnˈkriːs/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ɪn - ˈkriːs -> increase
~ (sth ) (from A ) (to B ) တိုးသည်။ မြှင့် သည်။ ပွားသည်။
The population has increased from 1. 2 million 10 years ago to 1.8 million today. ❍ The rate of inflation has increased by 2%. ❍ increased profits ❍ He increased his speed to overtake the bus. Compare DECREASE
n [C, U] ~ (in sth ) တိုးလာသော ပမာဏ။ တိုးပွားမှု။ an increase of nearly 50% over / on last year ❍ a wage increase ❍ Greater spending on education is expected to lead to a large increase in the number of students.
❍ Some increase in working hours may be necessary. Compare DECREASE n
❑ increasingly / Çn'kri:sÇŋli / adv တိုး၍တိုး၍။ ပို၍ပို၍။ increasingly difficult / important / popular ❍ People are increasingly realizing that our basic problems are not economic ones.
❑ on the increase [IDM ] (infml ) တိုးနေသည်။ များလာ သည်။ ကြီးထွားလာသည်။ The number of burglaries in the area is on the increase.
- Our costs increased dramatically over the last decade.
- [increase by] : The population has increased by 15 per cent.
- [increase in] : The club has been increasing in popularity.
- [increase with] : The chances of having twins increase with a mother’s age.
- [an increasing number/proportion etc] : An increasing number of people are choosing not to have children.
- We have managed to increase the number of patients treated.
- Sunbathing increases your risk of getting skin cancer.
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