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Decrease (verb)
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
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Decrease (verb)
To make (a quantity) smaller.
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Decrease (noun)
An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
“One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease at about 27 meters per year over the last 10 years. File:One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease.ogg”
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Decrease (noun)
A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
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Increase (verb)
(of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.
“His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.”
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Increase (verb)
To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
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Increase (verb)
To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
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Increase (verb)
To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
“The Moon increases.”
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Increase (noun)
An amount by which a quantity is increased.
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Increase (noun)
For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
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Increase (noun)
The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).