increment

noun

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Senses

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

the increase in unemployment

the amount by which something increases

they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	antonym	Related & opposite	decrease
1	derivation	Related & opposite	increase
1	derivation	Related & opposite	increase
1	derivation	Related & opposite	grow
1	derivation	Related & opposite	incremental
1	hypernym	Types & categories	physical process
1	hyponym	Types & categories	accession
1	hyponym	Types & categories	accumulation
1	hyponym	Types & categories	accretion
1	hyponym	Types & categories	accretion
1	hyponym	Types & categories	accretion
1	hyponym	Types & categories	multiplication
1	hyponym	Types & categories	population growth
1	hyponym	Types & categories	proliferation
1	hyponym	Types & categories	pullulation
1	hyponym	Types & categories	relaxation
1	hyponym	Types & categories	widening
2	antonym	Related & opposite	decrement
2	derivation	Related & opposite	increase
2	derivation	Related & opposite	increase
2	derivation	Related & opposite	incremental
2	hypernym	Types & categories	amount
2	hyponym	Types & categories	amplification
2	hyponym	Types & categories	fare increase
2	hyponym	Types & categories	price increase
2	hyponym	Types & categories	raise
2	hyponym	Types & categories	cost increase
2	hyponym	Types & categories	supplementation
2	hyponym	Types & categories	tax-increase
2	hyponym	Types & categories	up-tick