increased

«increased» in Mova's school dictionary: made bigger or became more — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (increase, increases, increased, increasing); adjective (increased)

meaning for a pupil

1) Increased means made bigger or became more. tree →

2) An increased amount is a bigger one than before. tree →

sense in the lessons

a change that adds: «increased by 5» adds 5, «increased to 20» gives the new amount; in science: the temperature increased as we heated the water; in everyday life: prices increased, the number of pupils increased; phrases: «increased by», «increased to», «increased from … to»

examples

• The price increased by $3. tree →
• The number of pupils increased to 30. tree →
• His savings increased by 12. tree →
• By how much did it increase? tree →
• The temperature of the water increased as it was heated. tree →
• The bus fare increased from $2 to $3. tree →
• Her reading speed increased a lot this year. tree →
• The rain increased in the afternoon. tree →
• As the warmth increased, the Snow Man decreased. tree →

note

«By» adds the change; «to» gives the result. Trap: «increased to 30 from 25» means a change of 5. Opposite: decreased. «Increased by 10%» means add a tenth of the old amount.

In the corpora

• And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
• And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.
• By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
• And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
• And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «increased» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.