Increase and Overtake

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Increase

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
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Overtake and increase are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overtake" instead a verb "Increase".
Nearby Words: increased, increasing, increment, increasingly, incremental

Overtake

Overtake verb - To move fast enough to get even with.
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Increase and overtake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Increase" instead a verb "Overtake".
Nearby Words: overtaking, overtaken

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Common collocations

ability increase ability overtake ability
score increase score overtake score
area increase area overtake area
speed increase speed overtake speed
Other words: skills.

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  • Useful Notes / Melbourne It would soon overtake all the other cities in Australia after the gold rush of the 1850s, bringing great wealth and a swift population increase to the city.
    Source: Useful Notes / Melbourne
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