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ansteigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
  • rise verb To move upward or increase.

Senses

ansteigen is used for these senses in English:

  • go up (intransitive) To rise or increase in price, cost, or value.
  • increase For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
  • 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.
  • rise (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.

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.

rise — full definition

  1. verb To move upward or increase.
  2. verb To get up from a lying or sitting position, or to get out of bed.
  3. noun An increase, or an upward slope.

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