Useful words for IELTS writing task 1 Исполнитель
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Increase |
to become larger in number, amount, price, or value |
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rise/go up STUDY NOTE: Grammar Rise is more formal than go up. If you want to say that something 'has increased', you can say that it is up, for example: Profits are up by almost 50%. |
Phrasal verb to increase. Rise and go up are used especially about numbers, prices or temperatures. They can also be used about the level or standard of something: |
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temperature/prices etc to increase in number, amount, or level |
The temperature has climbed steadily since this morning. ▪ Inflation climbed 2% last month. |
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Grow |
To increase, especially gradually over a period of time. Grow is used about numbers or amounts, or about the total amount of business or trade |
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double/triple/quadruple |
to become twice as much, three times as much, or four times as much |
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Expand |
to become larger in size, or to include a wider range of activities |
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Soar |
to increase and reach a very high level. Soar is used about numbers and amounts, or about people's feelings and attitudes, and is especially used in journalism |
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escalate |
to increase to a high level. Escalate is used about things that you do not want to increase such as costs, crimes, or violence |
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boom |
to increase or become successful and produce a lot of money very quickly OFTEN in continuous tenses
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leap |
to increase quickly and by a large amount |
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Rocket |
if a price or amount rockets, it increases quickly and suddenly |
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Shoot up |
to increase very quickly and suddenly |
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Surge |
to suddenly increase |
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to make something increase |
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Increase |
to make something become larger in number, amount, price, or value |
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Raise |
to increase prices, taxes, rents etc. Raise is also used about increasing levels and standards: |
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put up |
to increase prices, taxes, rents etc. Raise is more formal than put up |
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double/triple/quadruple |
to increase the amount of something so that it is twice, three times, or four times as much |
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Expand |
to increase something so that it includes a wider range of things, or to increase the size of a business |
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to increase sales, profits, or the production of something, especially when they have been lower than you want them to be |
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to increase your power or influence, or to increase the number of things that you are involved in |
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