0 past simple and past participle of increase
1 to (make something) become larger in amount or size:
Increased/Increasing efforts are being made to end the dispute.
Gradually increase the temperature to boiling point.
The cost of the project has increased dramatically/significantly since it began.
Incidents of armed robbery have increased over the last few years.
And the spread of statesupported schools throughout the colony vastly increased the number of teaching positions open to college graduates.
The effects of climate change (for example) include sea level rises, and increased frequencies of droughts, storms, and extreme temperatures.
In short, technical change in lowland areas has significantly increased demand for labor on lowland farms.
In general, receptive-field size tended to increase as the depth of the electrode tip increased.
Also, the practicalities of recruiting might be problematic and, once recruited, increased awareness of macromastia may further bias the group's usefulness as a comparator.
Above the lower critical radiation, the plasma generates additional heat flux, and the surface temperature is increased.
For all farm categories, current acreage increased from 5 years in the past, and farmers predicted further increases in the future.
The effective number of parties increased significantly and minority governments without stable support in parliament became the standard type of government.
