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adverb (INCREASE) /ʌp/Definition
B2 to a greater degree; in order to increase: The fire heats the room up (= makes it warmer) within minutes. Grandma always turns the TV up really loud because she can't hear very well. Try not to get worked up (= increasingly excited or angry), I'm sure we can sort the problem out.Increasing and intensifying B2 If a level or amount is up, it has increased: The cost of car insurance is up, but not very much. Last year the company's turnover was $240 billion, up three percent on (= compared with) the previous year.Increasing and intensifying
(Definition of up adverb (INCREASE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a snowball effect idiom
- accretion noun
- accumulate verb
- add fuel to the fire/flames idiom
- ascending adjective
- explosive adjective (INCREASE)
- fester verb (FEELING)
- go into orbit idiom
- go into the stratosphere idiom
- go up phrasal verb (RISE)
- growing adjective
- heighten verb
- magnify verb
- push sth up/down phrasal verb
- quicken verb
- ramp sth up phrasal verb
- ratchet sth up/down phrasal verb
- redouble verb
- soar verb (RISE QUICKLY)
- stake noun (RISK)
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