toenemen — meaning in English

English meaning

• expand verb To make something bigger in size, scope, or amount.
• increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
• rise verb To move upward or increase.
• wax noun A soft, oily solid substance, such as beeswax or paraffin, used for candles, polish, and other purposes.

Senses

toenemen is used for these senses in English:

• expand (intransitive) To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.
• increase (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
• rise (chiefly, UK, also, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
• wax (intransitive, literary) To greaten.

expand — full definition

1. verb To make something bigger in size, scope, or amount.
2. verb To explain or describe something in greater detail.

increase — full definition

1. verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
2. verb To make something larger in amount, number, or degree.
3. noun The amount by which something grows, or the act of growing larger.

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