Develop
Increase
Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Usage example: we have to increase the number of season-ticket holders if the local sports franchise is to survive
Develop is a synonym for increase in activity topic. Sometimes you can use "Develop" instead a verb "Increase", if it concerns topics such as enhance, advance, extend, raise.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| ability | develop ability | increase ability |
| skill | develop skill | increase skill |
| power | develop power | increase power |
| reputation | develop reputation | increase reputation |
| Other words: intelligence, skills, powers, abilities. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In the backstory of Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Gentarou Hongou believed that people who have minor psychic abilities (such as communicating telepathically through the morphogenetic field) could unconsciously develop and increase these abilities if faced with emotional trauma.
Source: Die or Fly -
Rogues can develop more expert skill at this, with wider flanking angles, increase critical chance and danage, and completely penetrate defenses.
Source: Back Stab -
From Bad to Worse: Three global Mega Corp.s become so rich they can influence world governments, then develop the "CHIP" to increase their control over the population.
Source: Videogame / Syndicate
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