increase

/ɪnˈkriːs/

意味: 増加

例文: Kai observed a sudden increase in activity.
　　  カイは活動の急増を観察した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: price increase(価格の上昇), increase demand(需要の増加), increase speed(速度を上げる)

定義: 何かが大きくなったり、多くなったりすることを指します。例えば、数や量、程度が増えることです。ビジネスや経済、日常生活でよく使われる言葉です。

increaseは約8,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a quantity that is added
Noun: a change resulting in an increase
Noun: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
Noun: the amount by which something increases
Noun: the act of increasing something
Verb: become bigger or greater in amount
Verb: make bigger or more

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

We need to increase our sales this quarter.(今四半期に売上を増やす必要があります。)
The company plans to increase employee benefits.(会社は従業員の福利厚生を増やす計画です。)
Exercise can increase your overall health and energy.(運動は健康とエネルギーを高めます。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: there was an addition to property taxes this year
Noun: they recorded the cattle’s gain in weight over a period of weeks
Noun: the increase is scheduled for next month
Noun: the increase in unemployment
Noun: the growth of population
Noun: they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare
Noun: he gave me an increase in salary
Verb: The amount of work increased
Verb: The boss finally increased her salary
Verb: The university increased the number of students it admitted

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): addition, gain, growth, increase, increment, step-up

Antonyms(反意語): decrease, decrement

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): amount, change, change magnitude, change of magnitude, indefinite quantity, process

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acceleration, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, addition, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, avulsion, awaken, bag, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, birth, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, breakage, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capacity, capture, catch, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, chelation, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, containerful, contaminate, conventionalize, conversion, convert, cook, cool, correction, corrupt, counterchange, crack, critical mass, cry, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, dealignment, deaminate, death, decarboxylate, decelerate, deceleration, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, deformation, degeneration, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilization, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, development, devilize, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, dose, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, easing, economic process, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, encapsulation, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, execution, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, footstep, freeze, frenchify, full, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, headspace, heat, hue, human process, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrial process, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insufficiency, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, irreversible process, islamize, isomerize, iteration, laicize, large indefinite quantity, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, limit, liquefy, load, loosen, loss of consciousness, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, margin, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mutation, mythologize, nationalize, natural process, naturalize, nazify, negativity, neutralize, nick, normalize, number, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, operation, opsonize, organic process, orientalize, ossify, outage, outmode, output, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, personalize, phenomenon, photography, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, positivity, precipitation, processing, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, quantity, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, region, relax, remodel, reserve, restore, reversible process, revolution, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, run, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitization, sensitize, sentimentalize, separation, set, sex change, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, shaping, sharpen, shift, shimmer, shorten, simplify, size, skinful, slenderize, small indefinite quantity, smallness, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, spillage, spoilage, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, sublimation, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, supply, surprise, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tankage, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, top-up, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transformation, transition, transitivize, translate, transmutation, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, twinkle, uglify, ullage, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, vagary, validate, variation, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen, worth

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): accession, accretion, accrue, accumulate, accumulation, add, add to, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciate, appreciation, augment, augmentation, blow up, boost, broaden, build up, concentration, crescendo, enlarge, escalate, escalation, exaggeration, expansion, explode, explosion, extend, fare increase, gain, grow, heighten, inclusion, inflate, intensification, intensify, jump, kite, lengthen, maximization, maximize, multiplication, multiply, population growth, price increase, proliferation, pullulate, pullulation, pyramid, raise, regenerate, relaxation, rev up, rise, runup, shoot up, snowball, spike, split, strengthening, supplement, surge, swell, tax-increase, up, up-tick, wax, waxing, widen, widening

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: grow, increase, incremental, step up

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: science

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): in

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive