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Common collocations with increase in American Collocation

increase verb

US /ɪnˈkris/

very much

considerably
enormously
greatly
hugely
immeasurably
massively
significantly
substantially
tremendously
vastly

The number of children who are overweight has increased significantly in the past decade.

a little

marginally
moderately
modestly
slightly
temporarily

Viewing figures were low, although they did increase slightly as the season progressed.

noticeably

appreciably
markedly
noticeably

The programme has noticeably increased students’ final grades.

suddenly or quickly

dramatically
drastically
rapidly
sharply
steeply

The number of vehicles having to be removed and disposed of has increased dramatically.

steadily or gradually

gradually
slowly
steadily

Gradually increase your level of activity and you will enjoy the health benefits.

by a particular factor

exponentially
incrementally
progressively
twofold, threefold etc

Complaints about male stereotypes in ad campaigns have increased tenfold since 1995.

all the time

constantly
continually
continuously

The demand for these services is constantly increasing.

because of something else

accordingly
consequently
correspondingly
inevitably
therefore

If the post is full-time then the budget will be correspondingly increased.

average
factor
rate
five, ten per cent etc

The risk was increased by a factor of ten for adults in the older age range.