Increase and Light

Increase

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.

Light and increase are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Light" instead a verb "Increase".

Light

Light verb - To set (something) on fire.

Increase and light are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Increase" instead a verb "Light".

How words are described

natural natural increase natural light
direct direct increase direct light
visible visible increase visible light
small small increase small light
Other adjectives: big, huge, little, new, strange.

Common collocations

area increase area light area
multiplier increase multiplier light multiplier

Both words in one sentence

  • Faster-Than-Light Travel Instead, with one exception which was used for a physics joke, they had scientists increase the speed of light.
  • Faster-Than-Light Travel It's implied that there may be some way to increase this non-Relay FTL speed, as the Reapers can apparently go 30 light years in a day (which would be nearly 11,000 times the speed of light).
  • Sunglasses at Night When the cataract is removed, the increase in light input causes some discomfort in sun and bright indoor light until the eye adjusts.
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