increase

Pronunciation: [in'kri:s]

Average Rank: 2776

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 增加, 增进, 利益 vt. 增加, 加大 vi. 增加, 繁殖

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a change resulting in an increase
  • n. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
  • n. the amount by which something increases
  • n. the act of increasing something
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky
Word Forms:
Past Participle: increased
Present Participle: increasing
Plural: increases
3rd Person: increases
Past: increased

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#456

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.4% (Top 95.4% most frequent)
95.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#6158

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 38.4% (Top 38.4% most frequent)
38.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#1714

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 82.9% (Top 82.9% most frequent)
82.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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