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Zunahme — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • buildup noun A gradual increase or accumulation of something over time.
  • growth noun An increase in size, amount or value over time.
  • increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
  • increment noun The action of increasing or becoming greater.
  • progression noun A gradual movement or development from one stage to the next.
  • proliferation noun A rapid increase in the number or spread of something.
  • rise verb To move upward or increase.

Senses

Zunahme is used for these senses in English:

  • accretion (uncountable, also, figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth. [from early 17th c.]
  • buildup An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
  • increase An amount by which a quantity is increased.
  • increase For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
  • increment The action of increasing or becoming greater.
  • progression Development, increase, evolution.
  • proliferation (countable) The act of increasing, rising, or proliferating; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
  • rise The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.

growth — full definition

  1. noun An increase in size, amount or value over time.
  2. noun The process by which a living thing gets bigger or develops.
  3. noun A lump of abnormal tissue in or on the body.

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