INCREASE  增加益/滋

CAUSE TO BECOME MORE IN QUANTITY.
ADD TOMAKE LARGERMAKE BIGGERAUGMENTSUPPLEMENTTOP UPBUILD UPEXTENDRAISESWELLINFLATEMAGNIFYMAXIMIZEINTENSIFYSTRENGTHENHEIGHTENAMPLIFYINFORMAL UPJACK UPHIKE UPBUMP UPTORQUE UPCRANK UPGROWGET BIGGERGET LARGERENLARGEEXPANDSWELLRISECLIMBESCALATESOARSURGEROCKETSHOOT UPSPIRALINTENSIFYSTRENGTHENEXTENDHEIGHTENSTRETCHSPREADWIDENMULTIPLYSNOWBALLMUSHROOMPROLIFERATEBALLOONBUILD UPMOUNT UPPILE UPACCRUEACCUMULATE
Antonym
  • REDUCECHANGE something so as to CAUSE it to BECOME MORE FEW:fewer.
    Hypernym
    • MOREBIG in QUANTITY OR INTENSE WHEN COMPARED to something.
      • INTENSELYTo a HIGH DEGREE.
        • DEGREEFEATURE of MORE or LESS.
          • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
    Hyponym
    • SWELL　INCREASE in SIZE BECAUSE of ILLNESS.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The most current and most general word for increase, both abstract and concrete is yì 益 (ant. sǔn 損 "decrease"). See MORE which overlaps considerably with this group.

      2. Zī 滋 is an archaic but not uncommon word referring to an overall natural increase or growth in quantity of something, but the most current use of the word is adverbial in the sense "increasing naturally".

      3. Zé1ng 增 (ant. shǎo 少 "beocme less") typically refers to concrete or material increase of something.

      4. Jiā 加 (ant. jiǎn 減 "decrease by taking away") typically focusses on the action of adding something which brings about the increase.

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      增多

      增加

      加多

      加碼

      充實

      增

      長

      多

      加

      添

      益

      搭

      追加

      增長

      豐富

      助長

      長

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

        augeo 'to increase (tr.)' [v. II; pf. auxi, ppp. auctum] (P1.+)

        Derivatives: augescere 'to increase, grow' (Naev.+); augur, -uris (older auger

        according to Priscian) 'bird-observer, augur, prophet' (Cato+), augurium 'augury,

        omen' (P1.+; acc.pl. augura Acc. lx), augurare 'to foretell' (P1-+), augustus 'solemn,

        venerable' (Enn.+), auxilium 'assistance, aid' (P1.+); auctare 'to cause to grow'

        (P1.+), auctarium 'overplus' (PI., Paul, ex F.), auctor 'seller, authoritative person'

        (P1.+), auctoritas 'right of ownership, authority* (Lex XII+), auctio 'public sale'

        (P1.+), auctus, -us 'increase' (Lucr.+); augmen, -minis 'addition' (Lucr.), augmentum

        'increase' (Sen.+), augificare 'to make larger' (Enn. lx).

      • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.14.14

        AGRANDIR.AUGMENTER

      • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 439

      Words

      益  yì OC: qleɡ MC: ʔiɛk 33 AttributionsWD

      The most current and most general word for increase, both abstract and concrete is yì 益 (ant. sǔn 損 "decrease"). See MORE which overlaps considerably with this group.

        Word relations
      • Ant: 損/REDUCE The current general word for diminishing or lessening anything in any way is sǔn 損 (ant. yì 益 "increase, improve")..
      • Synon: 增 / 曾/INCREASE Zēng 增 (ant. shǎo 少 "beocme less") typically refers to concrete or material increase of something.

        Syntactic words
      • vadVincreasingly; the more... the more; more, ever more
      • viactmake an addition
      • vichangegrow, increase, become more; develop progressively
      • vtoNincrease; give more
      • vtoNabfigurativecompound, increase, exacerbateCH
      • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
      • vttoN1.+N2N2=amountincrease (something N1) by (an amount N2)
      • vttoN1:postvtoN2add (something) to (something)
      加  jiā OC: kraal MC: kɣɛ 13 AttributionsWD

      Jiā 加 (ant. jiǎn 減 "decrease by taking away") typically focusses on the action of adding something which brings about the increase.

        Word relations
      • Ant: 減/REDUCE Jiǎn 減 (ant. zēng 增 "increase") typically refers to a reduction in the intensitity or in the number of something.

        Syntactic words
      • vadNadded, special, increasing
      • vadVsign of comparative: increasingly, to a higher degree
      • vichangeincrease; become more
      • vt+V[0]figurativeincrease the intensity of V-ing
      • vtoNincreaseTWH
      增  zēng OC: tsɯɯŋ MC: tsəŋ
      曾  zēng OC: tsɯɯŋ MC: tsəŋ 12 AttributionsWD

      Zēng 增 (ant. shǎo 少 "beocme less") typically refers to concrete or material increase of something.

        Word relations
      • Ant: 損/REDUCE The current general word for diminishing or lessening anything in any way is sǔn 損 (ant. yì 益 "increase, improve")..
      • Ant: 減/REDUCE Jiǎn 減 (ant. zēng 增 "increase") typically refers to a reduction in the intensitity or in the number of something.
      • Assoc: 加/ADD The current general word for adding something onto something else, both abstractly and concretely, is jiā 加 (ant. sǔn 損 "detract from"). [GENERAL]
      • Synon: 益/INCREASE The most current and most general word for increase, both abstract and concrete is yì 益 (ant. sǔn 損 "decrease"). See MORE which overlaps considerably with this group.

        Syntactic words
      • nabprocessaddition, increasing
      • viprocessincrease
      • vt+V[0]increase the V-ing of things
      • vtoNadd to, reinforce
      • vtoNfigurativeincrease abstractly the practice of; increase the status of
      • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
      滋  zī OC: tsɯ MC: tsɨ 11 AttributionsWD

      Zī 滋 is an archaic but not uncommon word referring to an overall natural increase or growth in quantity of something, but the most current use of the word is adverbial in the sense "increasing naturally".

        Syntactic words
      • nabactthe ensuring of increase
      • vadVincreasingly; more and more 滋甚"ever more"
      • vichangebecome more and more; increase GUOYU: 民乃藩滋"then the population increased"
      • vtoNto increase
      重  chóng MC: drjowng OC: doŋ 9 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNmaximise; intensify
      • vtoNto multiply NLZ
      多  duō OC: k-laal MC: tɑ 6 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVall the more, more and more
      • vichangeincrease, multiply, become more and more
      • vtoNcausativeincrease the size or amount of (stockpiles etc); increase the number of
      介  jiè OC: kreeds MC: kɣɛi 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNarchaic and poetic, SHI: support
      殖  zhí OC: djɯɡ MC: dʑɨk 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vichange(goods, population) increase
      增長  zēng zhǎng OC: tsɯɯŋ krlaŋʔ MC: tsəŋ ʈi̯ɐŋ 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPichangeincrease
      • VPtoNcause oneself to grow better, cause oneself to grow spiritually
      漸  jiàn MC: dzjemX OC: dzamʔLZ 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNincreaseLZ
      • vtoNpassivebe increasedLZ
      愈  yù OC: loʔ MC: ji̯o 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVincreasingly; more and more proficientlyCH
      • viprocessbecome more and more
      眾  zhòng OC: tjuŋs MC: tɕuŋ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNcausativecause to increase
      長  zhǎng OC: krlaŋʔ MC: ʈi̯ɐŋ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNchangeincrease, allow to increase; (of prices) rise (GUAN) 日日以長 "rise daily, increase daily" (JIA YI)
      增益  zēng yì OC: tsɯɯŋ qleɡ MC: tsəŋ ʔiɛk 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPichangeincrease
      • vtoNincrease
      蕃  fán OC: ban MC: bi̯ɐn 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vimultiply, proliferateCH
      • vtoNcausativeincrease the quantity of
      贅  zhuì OC: tjods MC: tɕiɛi 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vichangeswell up, increase
      陪  péi OC: bɯɯ MC: buo̝i 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNdouble up> increase the territory of (a state)
      光啟  guāng qǐ OC: kʷaaŋ kheeʔ MC: kɑŋ khei 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPtoNgreatly increase the territory of (ZUO)
      加多  jiā duō OC: kraal k-laal MC: kɣɛ tɑ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPichangeto increase in amount, to become more
      增倍  zēng bèi OC: tsɯɯŋ bɯɯʔ MC: tsəŋ bəi 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVincreasingly so as to double> doubling the price; doubling the amount
      滋甚  zī shèn OC: tsɯ ɡljumʔ MC: tsɨ dʑim 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPichangeincrease more and more
      溢尤  yì yóu OC: k-liɡ ɢʷɯ MC: jit ɦɨu 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPikeep increasing
      馺遝  sà tà MC: sop dop OC: -- --CH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPiproliferateCH
      滋長  zī zhǎng MC: tsi drjang  OC: tsɯ krlaŋʔ CH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPifigurativeabstractly: increase, get greaterCH
      加進  jiā jìn MC: kae tsinH OC: kraal tsinsCH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPiprocessgrow, increase continually; increase progressivelyCH
      津津  jīn jīn MC: tsin tsin OC: tsin tsinCH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPi.redincrease, be welling up, smolder awayCH
        Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPiproliferateCH

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