To B

Definition

increase / Çn'kri:s / v ~ ( sth ) ( from A ) ( to B ) တိုးသည္။ ျမႇင့္ သည္။ ပြားသည္။ 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 ) တိုးလာေသာ ပမာဏ။ တိုးပြားမႈ။ 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 ) တိုးေနသည္။ မ်ားလာ သည္။ ႀကီးထြားလာသည္။ The number of burglaries in the area is on the increase.

Examples

1. Our costs increased dramatically over the last decade.
2. [increase by] : The population has increased by 15 per cent.
3. [increase in] : The club has been increasing in popularity.
4. [increase with] : The chances of having twins increase with a mother’s age.
5. [an increasing number/proportion etc] : An increasing number of people are choosing not to have children.
6. We have managed to increase the number of patients treated.
7. Sunbathing increases your risk of getting skin cancer.